Another pub hit by arson
Arsonists started a blaze that destroyed the roof of a derelict pub in the Black Country, following the second attack of its kind in the town in months.
The Windmill Inn, in Aston Road, Willenhall, which was due to be demolished, was engulfed by flames in the early hours of yesterday. It comes after the roof was wrecked at the nearby Lane Arms, in Wolverhampton Street West, after arsonists struck in September.
A hydraulic platform was used to extinguish the flames yesterday, with 12 firefighters from Willenhall, Bilston and Walsall in attendance. Watch Commander at Willenhall Fire Station, Ian Gough, said they had been called out at around 1.15am.
"We believe it was a deliberate ignition," he said. "We just seem to be having a run of attacks on pubs, after the one at Lane Arms recently."
Police are investigating.
