A FIRE that closed part of a main Newport street yesterday is believed to have been accidental.

A stretch of Corporation Road was closed on the afternoon of Tuesday September 1, as fire crews attended a blaze.

South Wales Argus:

Fire crews on Corporation Road, Maindee. Picture taken by camera club member Alex Nolan

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A spokeswoman for the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said: “At approximately 1:26pm on Tuesday the 1st of September, 2020, we received reports of a fire in Maindee, Newport.

“Multiple crews attended the scene and extinguished the fire.

“The incident concluded at approximately 2:23pm.”

The cause of the fire was not confirmed, but it is understood that it began in a garden, and after it was extinguished, investigators remained at the scene.