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According to the BBC:

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A large fire at a multi-storey car park closed off parts of Derby city centre.

The blaze started on the top floor of the car park of the city's live venue, the Assembly Rooms, shortly after 17:30 GMT.

By 21:40 GMT Derbyshire Fire Service said it was scaling down operations and investigators would be at the site in the morning.

At its height eyewitnesses reported seeing "large, thick, black plumes of smoke" coming from the car park.

Many roads around the city centre were closed including Full Street, Derwent Street, Corporation Street and St Alkmund's Way.

(see http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-26583719)

Here's my favourite bit though:

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The fire service has said anyone with a vehicle inside the car park would be reimbursed by the council for any extra charges they would face.

I don't want to be seen in any way to be advocating motorism, but I do find it... well, interesting that they feel the need to clarify that people whose cars were trapping by a flinking great fire won't be charged extra for overstaying their parking!

You can bet though, that had this car park been managed by ~~shysters~~ a private parking company, such as NCP/ParkingEye/APCOA, they would've issued invoices for overstays. Both their internal appeals and their industry body (supposedly) independent appeals service don't do mitigation. They'd tell you the fire was a mitigating circumstance outside of the implied contract terms you'd supposedly agreed to when parking.

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