A ski village in Sheffield has been forced to close after a fire all but destroyed it.
Crews were called to Sheffield Ski Village in the early hours of Sunday 29 April to find the main wooden building well alight. At the height of the fire, around 25 firefighters were at the scene using two main jets.
Speaking at the scene of the blaze, incident commander Stewart Nicholson said:
“We suspect acetylene cylinders are inside the building but we have not confirmed yet if we have been able to put water on the cylinders. We are pumping around 3,000 litres of water per minute onto the fire from the River Don and have all but extinguished the flames.
”There is very little remaining of the building. It could be a further 24 hours before we can get closer to the site to carry out our investigation because of the risk of cylinders being involved in fire.”
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