Police probe blaze at Barking social club
Published:
11:37 AM July 27, 2012
Updated:
6:57 AM October 14, 2020
Fire investigators are today probing a suspected arson attack at a derelict social club.
The Scrattons Farms club in Morrison Road, Barking, was gutted in the blaze last night.
Barking Fire Station said firemen were called to put out a rubbish fire at the club earlier this week.
The Met police have been called in and Dagenham firefighter Chris Everett suspects foul play.
He said: “It was disused and boarded up. People must have got in and torched it.”
Around 20 firefighters from Barking and Dagenham and surrounding areas tackled the blaze between 10.20pm and 12.25am.
A London Fire Brigade spokesman said: “The cause of the fire is under investigation by the brigade and the Metropolitan police.”
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