Fire crews tackle village house blaze near Crewe

By Ryan Parker 26th Oct 2026

Local News by Ryan Parker 1 hour ago

Fire crews tackled a house blaze in a village near Crewe over the weekend, believed to have been caused accidentally.

On Sunday 25 October, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service were alerted to an incident on Middlewich Road, Minshull Vernon.

At 8.56am, two fire engines from Crewe and Nantwich arrived at the scene.

Crewe and Nantwich firefighters put out the blaze using a hose reel jet.

Everyone in the property was accounted for, with no injuries reported.

A Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: "Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus extinguished a fire in a house using a hose reel.

"A thermal imaging camera was then used to check for hotspots.

"All persons were accounted for.

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"This is believed to have started accidentally."

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