Firecrews have been battling a blaze at a nightclub in Swindon all night and are still at it this morning. 

The former Lava Lounge building in Swindon town centre's Fleet Street caught fire overnight, and crews from Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue have been trying to put it out. 

This morning, hours after flames first broke out, firefighters are still dousing the building with water.

Crews from fire stations in central Swindon, Stratton, Westlea, Royal Wootton Bassett, Cricklade, Devizes, Marlborough, Ramsbury, Chippenham responded to calls from the scene at 3.44am this morning.

On arrival, crews found a well-developed fire within the building which is being tackled using two main lines, hose reel jets and the Aerial Ladder Platform.

Fleet Street, Holbrook Way and Milford Street were currently inaccessible with the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service initially saying that "the Bus Boulevard should be reopened by 9:30am", adding: "We apologise for any inconvenience caused."

Milford Street is now understood to have reopened.

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