A family has been evacuated from their home after a gas main adjoining their property caught light.
The main was attached to the terraced property and firefighters kept the main burning while using a jet to keep the surrounding area cool until the leak could be isolated by Gas engineers.
At midnight, crews reported that the Gas Board was in attendance and they were awaiting the arrival of another crew from the Gas company to arrive to evacuate the neighbouring area.
The incident was dealt with by 23:59 hrs. The cause of the fire was undetermined as crews were originally called to a bin fire and it is not clear how the gas main became involved in the incident.
