Lyme Regis Football Club damaged in fire
Written by terry on December 17, 2010 at 12:42
A football club in financial difficulty, and which could ill afford to have any more bad luck after three fires in eight years, has suffered yet another blaze on its premises last Sunday afternoon.
It has been revealed that the cost of the damage to Lyme Regis Football Club is around £5,000 and it could have been even worse.
Club treasurer Teresa Evemy, who only lives a short distance away, managed to sound the alarm when she spotted the fire.
Two fire crews from Axminster and Lyme Regis attended the fire at the ground, which was due to undergo renovations.
Club chairman Howard Larcombe said of the current situation:
"It will set us back but as always we will bounce back and get there in the end. It will set us back a few weeks and a few thousand pounds.
"It's a job to say when it will be finished with the fundraising issues. We need all the help we can get now.
"We've got lots of fundraisers coming up and we are asking people to give generously.
"The doors had blown open on the metal container, there was thick black smoke and flames billowing out, you couldn't go anywhere near it. The fire brigade were there within two or three minutes but there was nothing they could do to salvage anything."
There was an arson attack on the club eight years ago but this incident is not being treated as suspicious.
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