SIX fire engines battling blaze at former care home in South Yorkshire village

Six fire engines are currently battling a blaze at a former care home in a South Yorkshire village.

The fire – on Lodge Road in Carcroft near Doncaster – involves a two-storey derelict care home with the ground floor well alight.

Lodge Road, Carcroft (photo: Google).placeholder image
Lodge Road, Carcroft (photo: Google).

Fire crews from Adwick, Edlington and Doncaster as well as two engines from West Yorkshire were called at around 3pm today.

Lodge Road, Carcroft (photo: Google).placeholder image
Lodge Road, Carcroft (photo: Google).

People are being asked to avoid the area while firefighters work to extinguish the blaze.

Fire officers say there are no injuries to report.

More to follow.

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