People obstructing emergency workers at large fire in Salisbury

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Clara Bullock

BBC News, Wiltshire

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The flames have engulfed the neighbouring restaurant and café on site

People taking pictures of a huge fire that engulfed a Grade II*-listed World War One airfield were obstructing fire crews fighting the blaze, police say.

The blaze broke out at the site on Lancaster Road, Old Sarum in Salisbury on Thursday evening.

A hangar partially collapsed as a result of the fire, which also engulfed the adjacent restaurant and café.

Wiltshire Police said that people had been getting in the way of emergency workers “in an attempt to take photos of the burning building”. Enquiries into the cause of the fire are ongoing.

James Sore Black smoke is rising from a building in the distance. The sky is blue.James Sore

The fire was still burning on Friday morning

“Please avoid the area and respect cordons – they are in place to protect you,” the police added.

Dorset and Wiltshire Fire Service said crews had scaled back their response on Friday morning.

Remaining crews at the scene on Friday were “dampening down” the fire.

The fire broke out just a week after developers were given the go-ahead for up to 315 homes to be built there following a battle for permission.


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