Homemade wood burner sparks Greasbrough fire

A LARGE allotment shed caught fire in Greasbrough on Saturday.

A crew from Rotherham fire station was called to Scrooby Street at 12.26am. 

Upon arrival they used a main jet to extinguish the blaze, said a spokeswoman for South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue.

"It is thought the fire had started through a homemade wood burner that had been used earlier," she added.

The crew left the scene at around 2am.

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