A VAN caught fire close to a building in a village near Knutsford.

Emergency crews were called to Chelford Road in Marthall, shortly before 3pm on Wednesday, November 9.

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used one hose reel jet to extinguish the fire.

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A spokesman for Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “There was a small area of heat damage to the building that was dampened with a hose reel and monitored with a thermal imaging camera.”

Crews from Wilmslow and Macclesfield attended the incident.