A Hampshire Fire and Rescue investigation into the warehouse fire that saw a Southampton football matched cancelled has now finished – here is what the fire service concluded.
The fire service has now completed a full investigation into the fire – although a cause of the fire has not yet been revealed.
Fire investigators have concluded that the cause of the fire is “not suspicious” and are now handing the project over to demolition crews.
A spokesperson from Hampshire Fire and Rescue said: “Our crews have completed a handover with the building now left with the demolition company and their security team.
“The fire is not deemed to be suspicious with the investigation now being led by loss adjusters and their fire investigators.”
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A small group of workers, who the Echo understands to be from an insurance company has been walking the site today.
The insurance company will be making decisions around the demolition of the destroyed warehouse.
Despite having signs on the warehouse suggesting that it is owned by Grenham, a construction clothing and PPE company, the company sold off the warehouse to Polystar Plastics, around three months before the blaze.
The Polystar Plastics building on Peel Street (Image: NQ)The plastic and polythene manufacturer has been contacted by the Echo.
Hampshire Police has also revealed that they are not treating the cause of the fire as suspicious.
A spokesperson for Hampshire Constabulary told the Echo: “At this time the circumstances of the fire have not been deemed as suspicious and as such we have not launched an investigation.”
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