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City roads closed while firefighters tackle blaze

Harriet Heywood/BBC A blue sign advising people that the road has been closed by the police. It is next to traffic cones and a police car that has its lights on. The picture, which is an archive image, has been taken in the evening.Harriet Heywood/BBC
Police have closed a number of roads in Peterborough city centre (archive image)

Parts of a city centre have been cordoned off while firefighters respond to an incident.

Cambridgeshire Police said officers were also at the scene in Broadway, Peterborough, on Monday morning, following reports of a fire.

The force added that the Eastfield Road junctions with Crawthorne Road, Broadway, Monument Street and Burghley Square had been closed.

"Please avoid the area and find alternative routes," a spokesperson said on Facebook.

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