Overview
- West Midlands Fire Service extinguished the fire by about 6:30pm on September 15 with no further spread reported.
- Roughly 50 firefighters used six engines, brigade response vehicles and a hydraulic aerial platform, supported by drones.
- The building was fully evacuated with no injuries reported, and local reporting identified the site as Colmore Gate.
- A cordon closed Colmore Row between Snow Hill Queensway and Livery Street, disrupting buses and trams as Snow Hill trains ran normally.
- Colmore Row later reopened and public transport services resumed after crews scaled down and left the scene.