A man has died after a suspected carbon monoxide leak at a takeaway restaurant in Walsall, near Wolverhampton.

West Midlands Police said that seven others were treated by medics after emergency services were called to the burger shop on Cresswell Crescent in Bloxwich at around 9.40pm on Friday.

The force said that the man who died at the scene was in his 50s.

Officers added that emergency workers were among the seven treated, and that some of those were taken to hospital.

Locals were also evacuated from nearby houses and shops, and were allowed to return in the early hours of Saturday following tests.

Cara Jackson, 23, who was working at the neighbouring One Stop convenience store and who lives nearby, told the PA news agency: "There were three ambulances, four cop cars, a fire engi

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