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Fire spreads from caravan to old supermarket

Tanya Gupta
BBC News, West Midlands
Google A boarded up supermarket building with barriers around the car park. The site stands empty. There are trees and shrubs planted around the site.Google
The fire spread to the old Sainsbury's building, the fire service said (generic photograph)

Fire crews have been tackling a fire in a former Sainsbury's after a blaze started in a caravan and spread to the old supermarket building.

West Midlands Fire Service sent four engines and a hydraulic platform to the former store in Foleshill, Coventry, just after 16:35 BST.

A spokeswoman said a caravan had caught fire and the blaze had spread to the empty Sainsbury's but it was not known what had caused the blaze in Austin Drive.

Videos posted on social media appeared to show dense clouds of thick black smoke billowing from the fire.

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