Four Injured in Shipston Flats Fire, With the Cause Still Unexplained

Updated 12 November 2026: the fire has renewed concern over fire cover in Shipston. Read our follow-up on response times and the town’s fire station.

Updated 9 November 2026, with statements from the police, ambulance and fire services.

Four people were injured in the fire at a block of flats in Husbandmans Close, Shipston-on-Stour, on the evening of Saturday 7 November, and two of them were taken to hospital. Warwickshire Police said today that the cause “remains unexplained” and that “a thorough investigation is underway”.

Police say they were called at about 7.45pm after several reports of a fire, and went to the scene with Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service and West Midlands Ambulance Service. The fire has since been put out. The force is asking anyone with information to report it online, quoting incident 362 of 7 November.

What the emergency services told the Herald

The injuries and the fire service’s account come from statements given to the Stratford Herald, which first reported them.

According to the ambulance service, crews found four patients. A woman was in a critical condition and a man had very serious injuries; both were taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. A second man had potentially serious injuries but declined treatment, and a third had injuries not thought to be serious. Those two were discharged at the scene with advice on looking after themselves. The statement describes how they were on Saturday; we haven’t seen an update on their condition.

The fire service told the Herald it sent six fire engines, that several flats were severely affected and that nearby residents were evacuated as a precaution. Crews were still at the scene on Sunday morning, damping down. The Herald describes the building as a block of eight flats, with the upper floor worst hit.

What we don’t know yet

Neither the cause nor the current condition of the two people in hospital has been made public, and the police statement doesn’t give the number of people injured. The Herald reports that a fund has been set up for residents, with a link in its report; we haven’t been able to check who runs it. We’ll add any official help for people affected when it’s announced.

Correction: this story first ran on 8 November under a headline saying everyone had been accounted for, reporting what the Herald said a county councillor had been told, and it described a block of four flats. It didn’t then reflect that anyone had been hurt. We’ve rewritten it now that the emergency services have spoken.

Alex Harrington

Alex Harrington grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon and runs What's up, Stratford? as an independent guide to the town.