A LARGE wooden building, which served as a makeshift soccer dressing room, was destroyed in a weekend arson attack.

The outbuilding was located at playing fields in Bury Road, Radcliffe, where fire crews tackled the blaze. It broke out at 5am on Sunday (Jan 26) .

Officers prevented the fire from spreading to a nearby metal container, and crews spent two hours at the scene.

The wooden building was used by Warthfield FC

Fire crews from Bury and Whitefield tackled the blaze.