Arrived on Corporation Street - immediate shot (poor quality) of Fire hydrant dowsing flames...
Different angle showing damage to building extensive. Fire hydrant just finished dowsing at this point
Fire officers surveying building. Twitter reports from Kent Fire & Rescue that building could collapse
Winding down panoramic. A number of appliances on scene.
It seems that my post yesterday on the fire on Rochester highstreet, stating that we needed to remain aware was not without reason. At exactly the same tonight Rochester saw its third fire at the vacant Market Cafe on Corporation Street, in what on the face of it looks very similar to the incident which happened last night.
I rushed to the scene after becoming aware via twitter. There were a large number of onlookers from the Casino Rooms and the Police had cordoned off the traffic light junction at Blue Boar lane.
This cafe has been burnt down once before and at that time structural issues coupled with rubbish were also raised.
John Ward has done a graphic of the fires with ward boundaries which show that the three fires stretch across River, Rochester East and Rochester West wards.
I suspect Police will be trawling through CCTV footage shortly to identify any suspicious individual or vehicle movement in the vicinity. Individual (s) carrying baggage and equipment or wearing dark coloured clothing will be noticeable. Given we have seen three fires within a small geographic distance it could be that we have a very local arsonist who is walking to the premises. Police may also be looking through any individuals with 'form' or perhaps identifying those who may have been released from prison, or young offender's institute, with a profile for Arson who may have located to urban Rochester very recently.
Alternatively, given these fires have been vacant premises it could also be the case that this could be drug users or squatters who have set fire to keep themselves warm or for other purposes.
They say two is a coincidence and three is a trend. People living in the highstreet area need to remain aware of any suspicious activity.
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