A fire that destroyed a builders' merchants in Wolverhampton may have been caused by a woodburning stove, said fire crews.

Up to 75 firefighters tackled the blaze that swept through Carvers, in Littles Lane, Wolverhampton, on Wednesday. 

Tony Ward, West Midlands Fire Service group manager, said it was "caused possibly by a wood-burning stove" but investigations were continuing.

He said investigations were in the early stages and would continue. "It's a very large builders' merchants and within that structure there it contains lots of aerosols, paints, plastic, plumbing materials, wood. Loads and loads of flammable, combustible material and as soon as the fire got hold it would have been a very rapid spread of fire throughout that structure."