Cree blaze
PIGEONS were unhurt after a fire spread to their cree.
The blaze started in a shed on an allotment in Ryhope Street South, Sunderland, at about 6.20pm yesterday.
The fire is thought to be an accident, after wind spread rubbish being burned off.
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NB: 'Cree' is a Northumbrian dialect word for a small, typically home-made, garden hut or pen.
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