FIREFIGHTERS rushed to an Ifield boozer on Wednesday after bonfire night celebrations went awry.
Three fire engines from Crawley attended the Mill House Pub, in Hyde Drive, Ifield, after a blaze broke out on the pub's roof.
Flames erupted last night just before 9pm (November 5) after a stray firework lodged itself above the Ifield watering ho
le.
A member of the public spotted the flickering on the roof and shinned up with a fire extinguisher and put out the blaze.
The pub owner, said:"It was all over and done with within about five minutes, it was out when firecrews arrive.
"Someone saw it flickering a bit and smoking so they went up on the roof with a fire extinguisher and put it out.
"There was no damage thank goodness, but obviously we moved a few tiles to make sure, just as a precautionary measure. I think that people were more interested in the firemen actually, the kids loved that!"
The engines arrived at the Hyde Drive pub at 9.08pm and used a single hose reel to finish the job.
A spokesman for West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said: "We were called to the Mill House Pub in Ifield at 9pm after a fire on the roof.
"A firework had lodged itself on there and started the fire.
"Three appliances attended and firefighters used a single hose reel to put out the flames."
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