AROUND a dozen chickens were killed as a fire ripped through an allotment.
Firefighters were called to the allotments near Sycamore Avenue in Nelson at around 2.45am on Tuesday.
A fire service spokesman said several calls were made from a number of streets nearby.
The fire took a couple of hours to put out and 12 chickens had been killed during the blaze.
The fire is not thought to be suspicious.
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