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WATCH: Fire rips through Himley hotel kitchen

A fire ripped through the kitchen of a Midlands hotel.

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Firefighters were at the scene of The Himley Country Hotel and Restaurant, in Himley, near Dudley, on Wednesday afternoon.

The blaze broke out just before 5.30pm.

Five crews attended, and a spokesman for West Midlands Fire Service said it was a ‘large scale incident’ and ‘severe’ kitchen fire, believed to be started by a fryer.

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The fire was out by about 7pm, and the service said there were no injuries reported.

The hotel is still up and running but the kitchen is completely out of use, after being destroyed in the blaze.

A manager at the hotel said they were unable to comment at this time.