A FIRE broke out at a shoe repairs shop in the Merrywalks Shopping Centre this morning.

Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service were called at 11.45am after a machine caught fire in the Master Cobbler shop.

One fire engine attended from Stroud Community Fire Station.

Firefighters used one hosereel and two breathing apparatus to bring the fire under control by 12.30pm.

Nobody was reported injured.

The fire is not being treated as suspicious.