Fire damages electrical shop in Elgin

It has been reported that the business director of an electrical store in Elgin, Scotland was counting the cost of damage following a blaze which broke out last Monday night.

Most of the stock within Geddes and Mellis has been damaged due to the fire on Commerce Street in the town centre which took place just after midnight.

Business director Ian Geddes said:

“Virtually everything in the shop is written off – every TV, every video camera, every static camera. If it’s not smoke damage then it’s water damage, and some stock has melted.”

The police have launched an investigation along with the fire service to find out the exact cause of the blaze which is being treated as suspicious.

The area has been targeted by criminals within the past week and Mr Geddes revealed that there had been an attempted break in prior to this incident.

He explained:

“All the windows have been smashed. Somebody was trying to get in the back. But all the windows have got bars on them. They tried to get in them all.

“A lot of stuff seems to have been going on.”

It was later confirmed that there were no injuries in the blaze.