The British Library was opened five years ago
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Priceless books and manuscripts were undamaged after a fire broke out at the British Library.
An electrical fault is believed to have caused the fire which began in a basement at 2330 BST on Tuesday.
It was brought under control before fire crews arrived.
A contractor was taken to hospital after it was feared he had been electrocuted, but was found to have fallen off a ladder.
The library at St Pancras contains rare and important artefacts such as copies of the Magna Carta and the Lindisfarne Gospels.
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