VIDEO: Fire severely damages Burnley shop (From Burnley and Pendle Citizen)
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VIDEO: Fire severely damages Burnley shop
9:26am Monday 7th January 2013 in News
Spar in Padiham Road, Burnley
A SPAR shop in Padiham Road, Burnley, was severely damaged by a fire last night.
Crews from East Lancashire’s four main stations in Burnley, Nelson, Blackburn and Accrington were called to the blaze just before 11pm.
ABOVE: Eyewitness footage of the blaze
When they arrived the building was well alight and one person had to be rescued from the roof of the shop using an aerial ladder platform.
A number of nearby homes were evacuated because of the smoke.
An investigation into the cause of the fire was ongoing this morning.
Comments(7)
mitzimoo
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2:13pm Mon 7 Jan 13
I predict a riot wrote:Well I got told the poor sod they rescued off the roof was the arsonist, hope they re-open its a good little shop im going to miss going in, and what about all the workers just hope it gets back to normal.
It was all over facebook last night that some idiot petrol bombed this store "for a bet" and was arrested shortly afterwards. If true I hope he is convicted of arson and endangering life and is locked up for a long time!
Just glad the poor sod who had to escape onto the roof was rescued, this would have been national news otherwise.
Major Tom
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4:48pm Mon 7 Jan 13
hi everyone
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6:30pm Mon 7 Jan 13
davidinburnley
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7:41pm Mon 7 Jan 13
I feel sorry for all those who have lost their jobs and hope the store is up and running again soon.
DaveBurnley
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4:05pm Tue 8 Jan 13
carrman2
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7:48pm Wed 9 Jan 13
I predict a riot says...
10:30am Mon 7 Jan 13
Just glad the poor sod who had to escape onto the roof was rescued, this would have been national news otherwise.