Owners of fire damaged Carlisle nightclub plan for future

Despite the fact that it may take more than five months before the nightclub is ready to re-open again, the owners remained defiant after an electrical fire broke out in the building on Thursday the 16th of December causing extensive fire, smoke and water damage.

Four appliances were called to the night spot known as The Melting Pot at around 11am on the weekday morning.

Passers-by managed to notice that smoke was coming from the roof of the building on Fisher Street and so raised the alarm.

The firefighters from Carlisle, Longtown and Brampton managed to contain the fire within the hour and then began the damping down process.

Access to the area was restricted for a few hours while the fire crews worked on putting out the fire, which may have been triggered by an electrical fault.

The current owners of the nightclub are confident that the premises can be fully repaired and restored, but understand that there will be a long process ahead of them.

An investigation has now been launched by investigators from the fire service into establishing the cause of the blaze, which began in the lounge bar area, although it is not thought that it was started deliberately.