Fire engulfs 400-year-old hotel ‘housing Ukrainian refugees’ in UK

Fire has engulfed several buildings Midhurst, West Sussex, overnight, including a 400-year-old hotel that was housing Ukrainian refugees (Hilton Holloway/PA)

A 400-year-old hotel that was said to be housing Ukrainian refugees was among buildings engulfed by a fire in Midhurst, West Sussex.

The fire was thought to have broken out shortly after 1am on Thursday at a property on North Street before spreading to the roof of the Angel Inn next door.