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Firefighters tackle blaze at former library

Samantha JaggerNorth East and Cumbria
Supplied An orange inferno blaze lights up a building in Billingham in Stockton-on-Tees. There is a large fire in a building on a road which has two traffic lights. Supplied
The building was alight on Tuesday evening

Firefighters tackled a blaze at a former library as police urged residents to keep away from the area.

Cleveland Police said it was called to assist the fire service at Billingham's former library, at the back of Billingham Health Centre, in Queensway, on Tuesday evening.

Photographs of the scene showed a building well alight as fire crews worked to keep it under control. No further details were released.

The force advised residents living nearby to keep doors and windows closed. Road closures at Causeway and Kingsway were partially lifted in the early hours of the morning, with Causeway remaining closed between Finchale Avenue and Kingsway Roundabout.

Supplied An orange inferno blaze lights up a building in Billingham in Stockton-on-Tees. There is a large fire in a building on a road which has two traffic lights. The road is Queensway and one firefighter is crouched holding a hose at the blaze. Supplied
Fire crews battle the blaze at the building in Queensway
Supplied An orange inferno blaze lights up a building in Billingham in Stockton-on-Tees. There is a large fire in a building on a road which has two traffic lights. The road is Queensway and one firefighter is crouched holding a hose at the blaze. Supplied
The force advised residents living nearby to keep doors and windows closed

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