{"id":499258,"date":"2026-03-28T01:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T01:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/499258\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T01:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T01:21:09","slug":"leek-big-mill-fully-alight-with-multiple-fire-crews-and-families-evacuating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/499258\/","title":{"rendered":"Leek Big Mill ‘fully alight’ with multiple fire crews and families evacuating"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just in<\/p>\n

Big Mill, in Leek, is on fire<\/p>\n

Multiple fire crews are at the scene of a major building blaze tonight. They have been dispatched to Big Mill, on Mill Street, in Leek<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service<\/a> is urging the public to ‘completely avoid the area’.<\/p>\n

A fire service spokesman said: “We have multiple crews in attendance at an incident at the Big Mill, Mill Street, Leek, where we are responding to a building fully alight. Please completely avoid the surrounding area.”<\/p>\n

StokeonTrentLive is also awaiting statements from Staffordshire Police<\/a> and Staffordshire Moorlands District Council following tonight’s fire. Ant witnesses can call the police on 101.<\/p>\n

A council report last year revealed that the Grade-II listed Big Mill remained unoccupied. It has planning permission for 34 flats.<\/p>\n

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