Preston city centre roads shut as firefighters battle huge blaze off Fishergate
"Please note that these closures may be extended. Please follow the instructions of officers at the scene.”
It was on the evening of May 13 last year that eight fire appliances and two aerial ladders were sent to the scene of a blaze in the roof and upper floors of part of the old orphanage building. After the blaze was brought under control parts of the building had to be demolished because they were deemed unsafe. Work has been going on since that time to renovate remains of the 150-year-old building and construct flats and houses on the site.
That fire in 2022 proved to be the first in a series of four blazes, all believed to have been started deliberately in empty properties in the city centre. The former Odeon Cinema and the neighbouring Evoque nightclub were destroyed in one of the fires. In the latest incident the fire brigade spokesman said: “It is the old orphanage. We are going to be here for quite some time. It is hard to tell which bits of the building were damaged in the last fire and which have been damaged in this incident.
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