Shotton club fire may have been started deliberately
Police believe that a fire, which tore through a disused social club in Shotton, Flintshire, on Friday, may have been started on purpose.
Shotton Lane Social Club, the scene of the suspicious fire is still in the hands of the fire crews although detectives hope that they will soon be given the go ahead to investigate the cause of the blaze.
Around 100 people had to be evacuated from their properties due to the danger surrounding the condition of the building and the chances of the fire spreading.
A joint fire service and police investigation will soon get underway into the suspected arson attack, once the former social club is deemed to be safe to enter by the safety assessors.
Detective Chief Inspector Graham Talbot of the North Wales Police said:
“The former social club, which remains owned by a brewery, has been secured as a crime scene and we will be able to establish if we can commence our investigations inside the building.
“If so, the building will be subject to forensic examination which should help determine the cause of the fire and where it started.”
The police have asked anyone with information regarding the fire to come forward.
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Barn fire leads to fire service smoke warning
The fire service issued a warning to residents in a village close to Swanage, Dorset, last week, to ensure that their doors and windows were kept closed for a time, following a huge barn fire which was emitting quite a large volume of smoke.
Despite the advice given to wait for the smoke to clear, Dorset Fire and Rescue Service moved quickly to allay fears that there was also asbestos contamination to worry about.
Firefighters were called to the blaze at Coombe Farm at Coombe Hill, near Langton Matravers, around 6pm last Tuesday evening to find that the flames in the barn were reaching around nine metres in height.
The barn was destroyed in the fire, and as it was made from asbestos sheeting, Dorset Fire and Rescue Service issued the following statement through their spokesperson:
“It must be stressed that any asbestos released would be of an insignificant amount.
“It is advised that if you live within the vicinity of this incident, and you smell smoke outside your property, close all windows and doors, and remain inside.
“This is purely a precautionary measure.”
The barn fire eventually burned itself out, though the fire crews from Swanage and Poole remained at the scene during the night.
Firefighters called to gas explosion in north London
A flat in Newington Green was the scene of a suspected gas explosion last week, leading to home evacuations and roads in the area to be cordoned off.
The blast is said to have destroyed the ground-floor flat in the residential area of Aden Green around 6pm on Monday evening and firefighters from the London Fire Brigade were called out immediately.
The five-storey block of flats had to be evacuated, with more than 40 people affected. An emergency shelter was set up at Stoke Newington Town Hall for those who could not return to their homes straight away.
At the time, fire crews admitted that not everybody had been accounted for, but the Metropolitan Police had not been made aware of anyone being injured in the explosion.
The police later confirmed that there had been a gas explosion at the flat, with all its windows blown out, but this had not resulted in a fire.
Some witnesses reported smelling gas and hearing a hissing sound just before the powerful blast occurred.
After the explosion, people were spotted running into the street to see what had caused such a large bang, which shook a number of properties in the vicinity.