Around 20 firefighters were called to a fire at Honeytop Foods factory in Dunstable on 1 January.

It started in an industrial bread oven at Woodside Industrial Estate, but quickly spread from the oven flue into the building’s roof void. Firefighters, who were called just before 5pm, used an aerial ladder platform to help them douse the flames.

Dunstable station commander Mark Barter said: "The oven was not being used for production but was undergoing some sort of maintenance apparently when the fire started. Staff attempted to put the fire out but dialled 999 as they realised they needed the fire service. Our crews did an excellent job in containing the fire - it could have been much worse."

Honeytop produces naans and flatbreads that are sold in large UK supermarkets and across Europe.

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