PERSHORE firefighters doused a rubbish fire behind the St Richards Hospice shop before it spread to homes in the same block.

Chris Parsons, sub officer of the Pershore crew, said it was lucky his crew were called to the shop next to Pershore market in good time. "The bag was next to the building and the fire had just started to spread to the building through a window. Luckily we were there in time to stop it, otherwise it could have been a real danger to people living in the block."

The incident occurred in the small hours of Saturday morning, at 1.30am on January 10.