A STOURBRIDGE pub had to be evacuated this afternoon (Friday, August 26) after a minor fire.

Customers at The Chequers Inn, in High Street, were sent from the pub at about 2.50pm, with a fire engine and crew from Stourbridge station turning up at the scene 10 minutes later.

A members of staff at the Wetherspoons pub said the incident involved a small fire which had started at the back of the building, but it had not spread and not caused major damage.