Cause of pub fire identified

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.

The fire has destroyed the whole of the roof and 40 per cent of the flat. Image: Dianne Tuckett

placeholder image — The fire has destroyed the whole of the roof and 40 per cent of the flat. Image: Dianne Tuckett

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

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.”