VIDEO: Wakefield garden centre fire suspected arson

Police are investigating a fire which tore through a derelict garden centre.

Three fire crews rushed to the building on Flanshaw Lane, Wakefield, at around 9.30pm on September 11 after it was engulfed by flames.

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West Yorkshire Fire Service said the first floor of the disused building and roof were on fire.

Crews from Wakefield and Ossett put out the blaze.

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A police spokeswoman said: “We were called at around 9.40pm to reports of a fire on Flanshaw Lane.

“We attended along with the fire service and enquiries are ongoing. It is being treated as arson.”

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