A village pub that was used for filming in the new Harry Potter HBO series has been ravaged by a devastating blaze.

Emergency services said that ‘severe damage’ was caused to The Cleave Inn pub in Lustleigh, Devon, after a fire spread from its storeroom in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The small village on the edge of Dartmoor had been used for filming on Wednesday and Thursday last week for the revival of JK Rowling’s iconic fantasy series.

However, the owner of The Cleave Inn, Luke Smith, has now been forced to close the pub again after it was shut amid production.

Mr Smith said: ‘Whilst we are still not certain of the cause of the fire, and how the next few days look, we are working extremely hard to ensure we reopen as soon as possible.

‘The pub means a lot to the village, an

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