Fire at former House of Fraser store
A security guard raised the alarm and stopped a blaze ripping through the former House of Fraser building in Broadmead early today.
A fire broke out in an area between the first and second floors of the former department store in Horsefair at just after 4.30am. An on-duty security guard spotted the blaze and dialled 999.
Fire crews quickly put out the fire and later praised the security guard, saying his vigilance had prevented the fire spreading to the rest of the building and causing major damage.
A spokeswoman for Avon Fire and Rescue Service said the blaze started accidentally as a result of work carried out by contractors yesterday.
House of Fraser moved out of the building in September and relocated to its 17,000 sq ft flagship store at Cabot Circus.
Primark took over the building on October 1 and will transform it into a new store next year.
5 Comments
by george, bristol
Monday, November 17 2008, 8:05PM
“ohhhh thank you sooo much to the security guard!! we could have had another weston pier story on our hands!!!
phewww!!!”
by Cookie, Clifton
Monday, November 17 2008, 5:39PM
“Praised for calling 999? What he was just going to stand there and watch it?
My gosh lets rush out and get him knighted for being an outstanding citizen”
by Homer, Bristol
Monday, November 17 2008, 2:28PM
“Not quite in the sensational style of your average BEP headline is it Steven? I would have expected something more along the lines of 'Bristol survives cataclysmic conflagration!'”
by Steven, North Bristol
Monday, November 17 2008, 11:37AM
“Shouldn't the headline be "Nightwatchman does What He's Paid to Do"?”
by lorraine, south glous
Monday, November 17 2008, 11:14AM
“someone didnt put there fag out propely lol”