Brighton hill Basingstoke sheltered housing fire

SCORES of fire-fighters were battling a major blaze in Basingstoke.

Residents had to be evacuated from their homes after a fire broke out on a site in Gershwin Road, in Brighton Hill, at about 6.20pm at the site of the former Beech Down Primary School.

A shroud of black smoke and 30 foot flames spiralled into the air as the fire took hold.

Around 30 people from Gershwin Road and the nearby Lehar Close had to be evacuated from their homes while firefighters tackled the blaze at the construction site.

The four-storey building, earmarked as sheltered housing for the elderly, was timber clad and measured 100 metres by 200 metres.

Police officers also put a 100metre cordon around the site, which included the ASDA supermarket car park in Brighton Way, after concerns about swirling winds and tall cranes on the building site.




"There was a crowd at about 7pm of least 200 people by the cordon."

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[666cornwall]

omg why would kids do this... wot does it prove??