FIREFIGHTERS were mobilised to a commercial building in Highbridge after reports of a fire. 

Three appliances were mobilised to the incident on Commerce Way in Highbridge including one from Burnham-on-Sea and two from Bridgwater.

Crews arrived at the scene just after 2.30pm today (June 26) and confirmed there was a fire against the building and got to work to extinguish the blaze.

At 3.53pm crews confirmed they were working to extinguish the fire using hose reel jets and ladders and that firefighters were damping down the fire checking for heat and fire spread.

At 4.26pm firefighters said the fire involved ten to fifteen bales of paper and a railway wagon measuring three metres by five metres.

Crews confirmed that the rail wagon and bales of paper had been completely destroyed by fire and that the outside building had sustained damage caused by heat and smoke.

The fire was extinguished using two hose reels, one jet and one ladder.