Wigan fire crews ventilate supermarket after blaze

Fire crews from Hindley, Atherton and Bolton spent two hours ventilating a smoke-logged supermarket after a blaze broke out.
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It is suspected that a bin next to Sainsbury’s on Cricketers Way, Westhoughton, caught or was set on fire at around 3.30am on Saturday October 22.

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When the engines arrived flames were reaching up the side of the premises although they were relatively easy to extinguish.

However a lot of smoke had got into the building and a Hindley crew spokesman crew said it took two hours to extract.