Staff and customers have been evacuated from a supermarket in Weymouth after a fire broke out.

Fire crews from Weymouth and Dorchester are on the scene to deal with a fire at the Morrisons store in Dorchester Road.

The fire broke out at in the store's plantroom at around 11.16am and has forced both the shop and the petrol station to close.

The shop and the petrol station is closed while the emergency services deal with the incident. 

Staff are directing customers from the car park. Staff are directing customers from the car park.  (Image: Andy Jones)

Staff are directing traffic and informing people along Dorchester Road that the store is closed, whilst other members of staff are taking shelter in the trolley parks to stay out of the rain. 

One employee directing traffic said: "There has been a fire in the store so it is shut and so is the petrol station.

"I was on the shop floor when it happened I think it happened out the back, so I am told."

A second employee sheltering in one of the trolley parks said they had been out in the rain for 'over an hour' and that they could do with some food and drink. 

Customers were forced to turn around in the car park to turn around in the car park, or in the case of one gentleman, who wished to remain anonymous, get a bus back home. 

He said: "It is a bit annoying as I have just got the bus down here. But it is what it is. At least they have people outside explaining why."

The fire service has isolated the power within the store and the petrol station and is awaiting an electrician to get on the scene.  

A spokesperson for Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue service said: "We were called to a supermarket on Dorchester Road, Weymouth at 11.16am today after reports of smoke in its plant room.

"Two crews from Weymouth and one from Dorchester attended; customers and staff were evacuated, and the power has been isolated in the store and adjacent filling station.

"Two of the crews have now left the scene; the third is waiting to meet with the store’s electrician."