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My lovely lawn-mower, freshly serviced and ready for collection.
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UPDATED: Lawn mower shop damaged in fire - Lewes Today
Lawn mower shop damaged in fire
Arson ruled out
A FIRE which destroyed a Lewes business was not started deliberately.
From 6am this morning around 40 fire fighters from across the county battled a blaze at Court Mowers and Cycle Services in North Court off Cliffe High Street.
It took them more than an hour to bring the fire under control and to stop it from spreading the Harveys Brewery next door and nearby homes.
Firefighters at the scene told the Express the fire was not being treated as suspicious and said one possible cause was a battery charger which had been left on overnight in the workshop.
Concerned resident Peter Coward, of North Court, said: "I was woken by the noise of an explosion at about 6am on Good Friday. I looked out of the window and was alarmed by the smoke rising from the other end of the passage.
"At first I thought that it might be the brewery.
"I noticed the fire crews who already had hoses laid out and so realised that it was closer than that.
"I then saw the flames at the back of the Court Mowers building, they were higher than the roofs of the houses at the end of English Passage.
"The houses around here are close together, old and constructed using a fair amount of timber, so I was concerned about the fire spreading .
"I was extremely impressed by the way that the fire crews reacted. It looks as though they stopped it spreading and soon had it under control.
"General feeling around here is that it is such a shame, as the owners had really made an effort to improve the shop. It was a really friendly and useful shop."
Until ...
UPDATED: Lawn mower shop damaged in fire - Lewes Today
Lawn mower shop damaged in fire
Arson ruled out
A FIRE which destroyed a Lewes business was not started deliberately.
From 6am this morning around 40 fire fighters from across the county battled a blaze at Court Mowers and Cycle Services in North Court off Cliffe High Street.
It took them more than an hour to bring the fire under control and to stop it from spreading the Harveys Brewery next door and nearby homes.
Firefighters at the scene told the Express the fire was not being treated as suspicious and said one possible cause was a battery charger which had been left on overnight in the workshop.
Concerned resident Peter Coward, of North Court, said: "I was woken by the noise of an explosion at about 6am on Good Friday. I looked out of the window and was alarmed by the smoke rising from the other end of the passage.
"At first I thought that it might be the brewery.
"I noticed the fire crews who already had hoses laid out and so realised that it was closer than that.
"I then saw the flames at the back of the Court Mowers building, they were higher than the roofs of the houses at the end of English Passage.
"The houses around here are close together, old and constructed using a fair amount of timber, so I was concerned about the fire spreading .
"I was extremely impressed by the way that the fire crews reacted. It looks as though they stopped it spreading and soon had it under control.
"General feeling around here is that it is such a shame, as the owners had really made an effort to improve the shop. It was a really friendly and useful shop."
