Two people taken to hospital after fire rips through building on Derbyshire high street

The cause of the fire has now been confirmed

Emergency services were called to the scene on Tuesday (Image: Chloe Higginbottom Stanway)

Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service has issued a statement after a blaze ripped through a three-storey high street building .

Crews were called to High Street, Ripley , at around 10am on Tuesday (December 9) after a 999 call from a member of the public.

Firefighters from Alfreton and Heanor , as well as Nottinghamshire’s Ashfield Fire Station , attended the scene.

Firefighters administered first aid to two casualties prior to the arrival of East Midlands Ambulance Service . Paramedics later took them to hospital.

Derbyshire Constabulary were also in attendance and closed the road to allow space for emergency services , and the cause