VIDEO: Fire severely damages Burnley shop

9:26am Monday 7th January 2013 in News

Spar in Padiham Road, Burnley 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)

I predict a riot says...
10:30am Mon 7 Jan 13

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.

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mitzimoo says...
2:13pm Mon 7 Jan 13

I predict a riot wrote:
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.
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.

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Major Tom says...
4:48pm Mon 7 Jan 13

Not as good as Tesco.

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hi everyone says...
6:30pm Mon 7 Jan 13

yes I can see it reopening with no roof on it Tesco is just down the road

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davidinburnley says...
7:41pm Mon 7 Jan 13

Tesco might be 'just down the road' but this Spar was busy all the time and used by most everyone round and about. If the arsonist was the idiot on the roof, they should have left him there!
I feel sorry for all those who have lost their jobs and hope the store is up and running again soon.

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DaveBurnley says...
4:05pm Tue 8 Jan 13

Tesco might be 'just down the road' but if you're old and have no car it might as well be on the moon.

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carrman2 says...
7:48pm Wed 9 Jan 13

I agree dave The shop was very handy for old folk in the area, What kind of scum are there livining in Burnley , Im glad I moved away,

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