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Sheffield's famous Gatecrasher club is currently on fire (Monday, June 18, 19.22).
Fire crews were called to the club just after 5pm, reports the BBC website here. At present, a number of surrounding roads are closed as emergency services contain the blaze and secure the area. Witnesses report seeing a grey cloud - which later turned yellow - spread across the city's skyline.
The fire was - at its peak - so bad that residents on the other side of the city could feel it. One told the BBC: "I've had to go around closing all the windows because the smell of the smoke's so strong and have been watching the charred bits fly past the window, and I'm on the other side of town from Gatecrasher."
Updates on the state of Gatecrasher when we have them, i.e. tomorrow because we're going home. The situation doesn't seem good, though: the latest is that the roof has collapsed. Our commiserations, Clubland.
