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| Leeds fire: Emergency crews tackle city centre blaze | Leeds fire: Emergency crews tackle city centre blaze |
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| Fire has broken out in a building in central Leeds, as shown by this video by Twitter user @mediajoshg | Fire has broken out in a building in central Leeds, as shown by this video by Twitter user @mediajoshg |
| Fire has broken out in a building in central Leeds, as shown by this video by Twitter user @mediajoshg | Fire has broken out in a building in central Leeds, as shown by this video by Twitter user @mediajoshg |
| Fire crews in Leeds are tackling a large blaze in a city centre building. | Fire crews in Leeds are tackling a large blaze in a city centre building. |
| The fire broke out on the top floors of a derelict high-rise building in Cookridge Street, near the city's Millennium Square, at about 19:50 BST. | The fire broke out on the top floors of a derelict high-rise building in Cookridge Street, near the city's Millennium Square, at about 19:50 BST. |
| A number of nearby pubs and restaurants were evacuated, the fire service said. | A number of nearby pubs and restaurants were evacuated, the fire service said. |
| Ten fire engines are working to extinguish the blaze and a safety cordon has been put in place as the fire service said the structure is "potentially unsafe". | Ten fire engines are working to extinguish the blaze and a safety cordon has been put in place as the fire service said the structure is "potentially unsafe". |
| The fire broke out in the top floors of a derelict high rise building | The fire broke out in the top floors of a derelict high rise building |
| Student, Will Dunaway, 18, said he had just left a restaurant on nearby Oxford Place with his family when he saw the fire. | Student, Will Dunaway, 18, said he had just left a restaurant on nearby Oxford Place with his family when he saw the fire. |
| "Whatever it was that was on fire it looked like it was the top part that was on fire, the bottom part looked pretty intact. | "Whatever it was that was on fire it looked like it was the top part that was on fire, the bottom part looked pretty intact. |
| "There was a lot of crackling and some explosions, like a popping sound. | "There was a lot of crackling and some explosions, like a popping sound. |
| "Nobody appeared to be in any danger as far as I could tell." | "Nobody appeared to be in any danger as far as I could tell." |
| West Yorkshire Fire Service said the police, ambulance service and a specialist response team are also on the scene. | West Yorkshire Fire Service said the police, ambulance service and a specialist response team are also on the scene. |
| At the scene - Tom Airey, BBC Yorkshire | At the scene - Tom Airey, BBC Yorkshire |
| It's a busy Saturday night in central Leeds, with the nearby 02 Academy bustling with people for the annual Live at Leeds music festival. | It's a busy Saturday night in central Leeds, with the nearby 02 Academy bustling with people for the annual Live at Leeds music festival. |
| Millennium Square has been taken over by fire engines, with police tape blocking off several streets. | Millennium Square has been taken over by fire engines, with police tape blocking off several streets. |
| The area smells strongly of burning plastics, with a hose on an aerial platform dousing flames in a building next to Leeds City Museum. | The area smells strongly of burning plastics, with a hose on an aerial platform dousing flames in a building next to Leeds City Museum. |
| The fire broke out at around 19:50 BST | |
| Emergency services including a specialist response team are on the scene | |
| Leeds City Council leader James Lewis said the fire was in the Leonardo building, a former council property sold to developers which currently lies empty. | |
| He said he understood the fire service now had the blaze under control and had managed to contain it so that it did not spread to neighbouring buildings. | |
| "I'm hugely thankful for the quick response from the fire service, they stopped it becoming a much more serious and destructive fire. | |
| "I'm sure it was very worrying for people nearby. | |
| "Certainly it's a very serious incident and had the fire service not reacted so quickly, it could have been much more devastating," he said. | |
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