RESIDENTS at Stourbridge apartment block had to be evacuated late last night (Tuesday) due to an electrical fire.
Fire crews from Stourbridge, Brierley Hill and Haden Cross were called out to Medusa House, on the ring road, at around 11.20pm and were at the scene until 12.42pm.
A spokesman for West Midlands Fire Service said the electrical fire affected an apartment on the fifth floor of the landmark building which has recently been transformed into apartments after many years as an office complex.
Fifteen firefighters were sent to the scene and a full evacuation of the building was ordered but no one was hurt.
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