Cause of Islington fire unknown
The fire in a storage freezer at the Islington freezing works early on Wednesday would be listed as "unexplained.’' said a spokesman for the Hornby C. 1.8. yesterday. The police, who were called in by the Fire Service, had not found anything to suggest that the fire was deliberately lit, or that there were any suspicious circumstances. said the spokesman. Nor had the cause of the fire been firmly established. Fire-safety officers have also completed their investigation into the fire, which started soon after 6 a.m. The extent of smoke damage to the 70,000 lamb and mutton carcases stored in the freezer was not yet known, said the manager’of the works, Mr G. R. Stobie. yesterday. Insurance assessors had already started the big job of checking the carcases for smoke contamination, but this was expected to take some time. The meat is w’orth more than $1 million.
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