This is what remains of a former Cardiff school after a deliberate fire tore it apart on Thursday night.
Fire investigators remain at the site of Glyn Derw High School in Ely on Friday morning as they assess what remains of the buidling.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said the fire was started deliberately and that 50% of the school was affected by the fire.
It said the cause of the blaze is currently unknown.
Around 50 firefighters had tackled the blaze at the disused school which started at around 10pm on Thursday night.
It followed another large fire at a warehouse on Cardiff's City Road.
Smoke was still coming from the school on Friday morning with the blackened remains visible to passers-by.
One person who went to see the damage on Friday morning was a former teacher at the school. She did not want to be named but said she was in the area and wanted to see the site for herself.
Shaking her head, she told WalesOnline: "It's really sad. It makes me want to cry."
She believed the fire had particularly affected what used to be the school's learning centre and canteen.
Jane Williams, who lives nearby, said she called the fire service at about 10pm on Thursday after her son spotted the fire from his bedroom.
"Things then went from bad to worse and I could see smoke and embers. I couldn't settle because I could see it getting worse."
Cardiff West MP Kevin Brennan visited the site on Friday morning. He said: "Obviously the first thing to say is to pay tribute to the fire and rescue service.
"Only a few weeks ago I sat down at the fire station for a good hour with the firefighters to talk about the service in the area.
"It must have been an incredibly tough night for them with the fire on City Road as well.
"This site is earmarked for a new school and the phoenix for the new school will rise from the flames.
"Regrettable though this incident is, at least there's a positive future for this site. Caerau and Ely will still be getting a brand new school as planned.
"The other thing is we are fortunate it wasn't a windy night and none of the houses nearby were affected."
Mark Drakeford , who is campaigning to be reelected as Cardiff West AM, said: "Talking to people living nearby, they started seeing things at about 10pm and fire brigade was here very quickly.
"As well as concerns for the safety of local residents and for the people who worked so hard to put out the fire, I've been concerned this morning to visit the site because there are millions of pounds of Welsh Government money set aside for the new school here.
"I will be talking to the finance minister Jane Hutt this morning and I am confident that although something awful happened here there's a very, very bright future for education on this site and in this part of Ely."
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