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Residents evacuated as large fire hits Market Street building in Nottingham

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service is fighting a large fire at a residential building on Market Street in Nottingham city centre. Residents have been evacuated and several roads closed.

3 outlets · 1L · 1C · 1R First reported Account updated
Image: Daily Express
Image: BBC News
Image: Daily Mirror

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The story, neutrally told

Mixed · 2A large fire broke out at a residential building on Market Street in Nottingham city centre on the evening of Monday 5 October 2026. Right · 1Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service crews are fighting the flames. Mixed · 2Residents have been evacuated from the building.

Mixed · 2The Daily Mirror reports that several roads in the city centre have been closed, and the Daily Express says large crowds have gathered to watch. Mixed · 2A fire service spokesperson asked people to avoid the area and told local residents affected by smoke to keep doors and windows closed. Mixed · 2Neither report, both live blogs at an early stage, gives the cause of the fire, the number of people evacuated or any injuries, and the situation is still developing.

Every sentence links to the reporting it rests on. The pill in front of each says where its sources sit: Left, Centre or Right when one side supplies at least half of them, Mixed when they are evenly split. The number is how many outlets it cites.

Left1 outlet

Framing
Live-blog report leading on the evacuation of residents and road closures as the blaze 'rips through' the building.
Emphasis
Evacuation of residents and road closures.
Leaves out or plays down
No cause, casualty figures or number of residents evacuated.
Charged language
“rips through”“huge blaze”
For example
“Residents have been evacuated in the middle of a UK city centre as a huge blaze rips through a residential property.” — Daily Mirror

Centre1 outlet

No centre outlet in our sources has covered this story yet.

Right1 outlet

Framing
Live-blog report leading on the scale of the blaze and the evacuation, with onlooking crowds.
Emphasis
Scale of the fire and crowds watching; does not mention road closures.
Leaves out or plays down
No cause, casualty figures or road closures.
Charged language
“huge blaze erupts”“flames roar”
For example
“Residents have been evacuated from the building and large crowds line the streets onlooking as the flames roar.” — Daily Express