Fire at empty commercial building

Date published: 05 July 2011


The office block of an empty commercial building on Weedon Street, Rochdale, has been completely damaged by a fire.

Four crews were called to the blaze at 10.47pm last night.

The fire, at the old Dulux building, was tackled by fire fighters and specialist equipment from Rochdale, Oldham and Hyde.

A spokesperson for the fire service said the fire was started by carelessly discarded smoking materials

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