FIRE officials are investigating an early morning blaze at a pub in the North-East yesterday.
Two fire engines from Darlington and a fire engine from Bishop Auckland were called to the Queen's Head pub, Main Street, Gainford at about 2.50am.
The pub, which has been closed for refurbishment, was heavily smoke-logged when firefighters arrived.
Six fire crew carried out a search of the building after people were reported to have been trapped, but nobody was found inside.
The amount of building equipment inside the pub made it difficult for the firefighters to move around, but the blaze was brought under control after an hour.
The ground floor of the premises were extensively damaged and investigators are carrying out tests to establish how the blaze started.
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