Cwmbwrla, Swansea | 21 Jan 2012
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service were alerted to a fire in a derelict chapel in the Cwmbwrla area of Swansea shortly before 4.30am hrs on Saturday 21 January. The first appliance to arrive found the chapel to be well alight, and the roof of a neighbouring garage building had also caught fire.
At the height of the fire ten fire appliances and 50 fire-fighters were at the scene, and the blaze was brought under control using eight jets and a water tower. The blaze was contained to the chapel and the roof of the garage. The residents of four properties on Carmarthen Road were evacuated as a precaution.
Station Manager Craig Thomas said: “Crews worked very hard in conditions that were made worse by gale force winds, and were able to stop the blaze spreading beyond the chapel and adjoining garage. The blaze is currently under investigation jointly with the South Wales Police Crime Scene Investigators”
