Fire crews scramble to fire on roof of Northampton tower block
Investigation into what caused blaze on top of New Life Building in Spring Boroughs
Firefighters from five stations were scrambled to a blaze on the roof of a tower block in Northampton town centre.
Eight crews rushed to the 12-storey New Life Building in Spring Boroughs just before 4.20pm on Tuesday (March 3) following a 999 call from a flats inside the tower.
A spokesman for Northamptonshire fire & Rescue said: "Crews from The Mounts, Moulton, Earls Barton, wellingborough and Brixworth were alerted at 4.18pm following a call from an occupant inside one of the flats.
"The blaze, covering an area of three metres square, was safely put out and a fire investigation is now under way earlier in the day.
"It is understood workmen had been doing maintenance work on the roof of the building earlier in the day."