Cause of pub fire identified

By Dianne Tuckett
Published 14th May 2024, 10:53 BST
The fire has destroyed the whole of the roof and 40 per cent of the flat. Image: Dianne TuckettThe fire has destroyed the whole of the roof and 40 per cent of the flat. Image: Dianne Tuckett
The fire has destroyed the whole of the roof and 40 per cent of the flat. Image: Dianne Tuckett
An electrical fault has been identified as the cause of a fire that has destroyed the roof of a village pub.

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue were called to The Cross Keys at Grasby at around 2pm yesterday (Monday May 13), where there was a fire in the flat above the pub in Brigg Road.

Initially, five appliances attended, along with the Aerial Ladder Platform. This was later scaled down to two appliances.

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Crews wearing breathing apparatus used a main jet and two hose reels to extinguish the fire, that resulted in damage to the whole of the roof and 40 per cent of the flat.

A spokesman for Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said: “Following a fire investigation, this was determined to be an accidental fire, caused by electrical dead short on the cable of a washing machine.”

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