A deliberate fire in the early hours of this morning caused significant damage to aย Mexborough shop.
Firefighters from Dearne, Rotherham and Edlington stations were called at 0.05am this morning (27 March) to reports of a shop on Bank Street, Mexborough.
Upon arrival, firefighters wearing breathing entered the premises and extinguished the fire using a hose reel jet.
A spokesperson from South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue said that the fire had been started deliberately in a number of different places by using petrol as an accelerant.
Nobody was injured in the incident and it had been dealt with by 1.40am.
