FIREFIGHTERS from Berkshire ‘risked it all’ to save the world’s oldest inhabited castle, a documentary has told.

‘The Windsor Castle Fire: The Untold Story’ was broadcasted on Channel 4 last night (Saturday, April 22), at 8.15pm. It is a documentary about the catastrophic Windsor Castle fire of 1992.

Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service confirmed that some of their current and former staff members took part in the documentary, telling their personal stories behind the incident.

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On November 20, 1992, a fire broke out after a curtain was ignited by a spotlight in Queen Victoria's Private Chapel.

Within minutes the blaze was ‘unstoppable’ and had spread to St George's Hall next door.

The flames were first reported at 11.30am and within three hours, a total of 225 firefighters from seven counties including London, Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Oxfordshire and Berkshire were working together to put out the blaze.

At 2.30am the following day, the fire was finally put out.  It had destroyed 115 rooms, including nine State Rooms. Restoration cost £36.5 million in total.

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Thankfully, there were no serious injuries and no deaths resulting from the fire.

To watch the Berkshire fire crew in the documentary, visit Channel 4 online.