Fire crews attended a large blaze at a shop in a Norfolk Broads village this afternoon.
Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service was called to School Road in Ludham at 10.03am today (February 28) to reports of a blaze at a bike shop.
Stephen Carter, 64, put in a 999 call after seeing smoke on the roof of the building.
Mr Carter, from Ormesby, was visiting the village with his wife.
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He said: "I saw a small amount of smoke coming from the roof. I said to my wife, 'that's on fire'.
"We went down School Close. When I got out of the car and turned around, it just went 'whoosh'."
The fire started in the bike shop and was spreading to a domestic building before it was stopped by firefighters.
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Alan Jaye, an incident commander with Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service, said: “When the crew got here, they found it to be well alight and called for additional resources.
"There were eight appliances in the end and one aerial platform."
All appliances have left the scene with a stop time of 1.24pm.
Investigations into the cause are ongoing.
People living in Ludham were warned to keep doors and windows closed due to the amount of smoke.
The building is reported to have been an old forge, a dairy and a bakery in the past.
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