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Fire breaks out for second time in a month at former funeral parlour
A former funeral parlour has caught fire for the second time in the same month.
Developers want to turn the site on Church Road in Redfield into hundreds of student flats with a preservation notice for the former Co-op Funeral Parlour and Chapel of Rest meaning that any demolition or alteration of the building would be illegal.
The most recent fire broke out exactly three weeks since the first fire.
Firefighters tackle Sunday night’s blaze – photo: Bristol24/7
The fire broke out soon after 7.30pm on Sunday night.
In a tweet, local resident Lottie said: “This is just fucking ridiculous. We live behind and now have to constantly worry our stuff is going to be ruined by smoke and ash and debris AGAIN or that our house is going to burn down. I’m so angry.”
Developers want to build as many as 250 student flats on the site – photo: Martin Booth
The owner of the building is Redfield Land Bristol Ltd, a company whose registered office address is in Failand.
The company’s one director listed on Companies House is Ranbir Singh Litt.
The former funeral parlour caught on fire on Sunday night for the second time in just three weeks – photo: Bristol24/7
Main photo: Bristol24/7
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