![Fire crews at the scene of the Broadmeadow fire. Picture: Ian Kirkwood. Fire crews at the scene of the Broadmeadow fire. Picture: Ian Kirkwood.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/UfX4XDhNMhVpTbjzWZdknP/4b32ef72-65fa-4bef-b130-9d7a485a96dc.JPG/r0_7_3264_2437_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Fire crews at the scene of the Broadmeadow fire. Picture: Ian Kirkwood.
Four fire units were called to a blaze in a flat in Belford Street, Broadmeadow on Sunday afternoon.
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Emergency services arrived at the scene at 5.45pm.
Fire fighters quickly extinguished the fire, which was contained to the rear unit.
All persons in the building were accounted for.
Investigations into the cause of the blaze are continuing.
![A fire brigade officer talks to a colleague on the balcony of the unit where the fire broke out on the first floor of the shopping strip in Belford Street, Broadmeadow, on Sunday evening. Picture: Ian Kirkwood A fire brigade officer talks to a colleague on the balcony of the unit where the fire broke out on the first floor of the shopping strip in Belford Street, Broadmeadow, on Sunday evening. Picture: Ian Kirkwood](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/3ArTPYWJ7uTzcYp6Sg47gg6/4caa6b0c-0140-409b-bd3c-4c4f5a822fdd.JPG/r0_0_2448_3264_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A fire brigade officer talks to a colleague on the balcony of the unit where the fire broke out on the first floor of the shopping strip in Belford Street, Broadmeadow, on Sunday evening. Picture: Ian Kirkwood
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