Firefighters race to blaze at Leeds city centre bar at Calls Landing

Firefighters rushed to a Leeds city centre bar in the early hours of this morning (Fri) after a blaze broke out at Calls Landing.

West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service (WYFRS) said the fire broke out on the ground floor of a building on The Calls and crews were called at 4.04am. People were evacuated from a neighbouring building as crews from Hunslet, Killingbeck and Moortown worked at the scene.

A spokesperson for WYFRS said: "Fire in ground floor bar area of building, 100 per cent involved in fire. Crews used four hose reels.

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"Incident was made persons reported and crews evacuated a neighbouring building. After a search it was found that no persons were involved."

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