Fire damages St Clement’s Hall
FIRE fighters from Lerwick and Scalloway were called to a fire on the ground floor of St Clement’s Hall in Lerwick’s St Olaf Street, on Monday evening.
It took them more than an hour to get the fire under control.
A fire control spokeswoman said the building sustained significant damage.
Two appliances from Lerwick and one from Scalloway attended. Fire fighters used two hose reel jets and four sets of breathing apparatus. The initial call came in at quarter to eight.
The building was unoccupied and not in use. Local businessman Malcolm Younger has plans to convert the former church building, which is more than 100 years old, into offices.
The distinctive building was opened in 1911 and was used as the parish hall for Lerwick Parish Church for many years.
It was sold to Lerwick Town Council for recreational use in 1966. In the late 1990s it was regularly in use as accommodation for bazaar type stalls, most notably by budget retailer Chris Hodge.
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