More than 50 firefighters battled flames on one of Cardiff's busiest streets before a separate incident started a few hours later
Police enquiries are ongoing six months after Cardiff suffered two huge fires on the same day.
Firefighters hadn’t long got control over a huge blaze at a furniture warehouse on City Road on April 7 when South Wales Fire and Rescue Service received reports of another fire ripping through a disused school in Ely.
More than 50 firefighters responded to the City Road incident, which was reported just after 6pm, and the street was closed off with residents being advised to avoid the area and close their windows and doors.
Flames engulfed the structure on one of Cardiff’s busiest streets, while smoke from the fire could be seen all across the city.
A few hours later, just after 10pm, it was reported the fire service were in a position to start to scale down the incident on City Road, with some appliances starting to be released from the scene.
It was around this point that South Wales Fire and Rescue Service then received the call about a fire at the disused Glyn Derw High School building as flames teared through the school.
Firefighters were sent to the scene across the city and battled the flames into the early hours of the following morning.
The fire service confirmed at the time that the Glyn Derw building had been vacant, and already had a demolition order on it, with no gas or electricity link-up.
Six months on, police enquiries are ongoing into both incidents.
In relation to the Glyn Derw fire, a spokesman for South Wales Police said: “As yet no arrests have been made in relation to this fire, which is believed to have been started deliberately.”
Andrew Sargent, head of fire investigation for South Wales Fire and Rescue Service, said: “Due to the significant damage to both properties both police and fire service investigators were unable to conduct an investigation into the cause and origin.
“The premises in City Road was demolished immediately after the fire due to the potential for collapse. A recorded outcome of unknown has been established for both properties.”
The school was vacant when it caught fire, as the school’s pupils had already moved to the Michaelston Community College site.
Since the fire, Glyn Derw has been cleared ready for building work on a new school to start, and Cardiff council are currently in the process of choosing a contractor.
The Glyn Derw and Michaelston federation will end on August 31 next year with the new school in the west officially coming into existence the following day.
The school will continue to be located at the current Glyn Derw and Michaelston site – at Michaelston Community College – for the 2017 school year, until it moves to the new building on the former Glyn Derw site for the 2018 school year.
Anyone with any information about the fires is asked to call police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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