Sprinkler stop Peterborough Department Store

A department store in Cambridgeshire has been forced to close after a fire in the early hours of the morning.

The fire at Westgate House in Peterborough began at 03:50 BST and left the ground floor heavily smoke logged, Cambridgeshire Fire Service said.

"The building houses the Anglia Regional Co-operative Society department store which has closed while it is cleaned."

The fire service said sprinklers contained the fire in the pharmacy and stopped it spreading.

Firefighters left the scene at about 06:20 BST.

An investigation has found the cause of the fire to be electrical. view link

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