Fire crews deal with blaze in Bridge Street, Northampton

Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service has left the scene of a fire at Bridge Street in Northampton.

Crews were called to the scene shortly after 5am on the morning of Friday May 31 and found a well developed fire at the site of the derelict Fat Cats building.

At the height of the blaze, we had seven fire engines on scene, but crews worked hard to contain the fire and stop it from spreading, before focusing on damping the scene down during the evening.

A number of roads were closed in the early hours of the morning to allow firefighters to deal with the incident, but these have since reopened.

The Fire Service remained at the scene monitoring temperatures until the morning of Sunday June 2.

We would like to thank residents and town centre businesses for their patience while we dealt with the incident.

The Fire Service believes the most likely cause was deliberate ignition, however, investigations remain ongoing.