Arson likely cause of Gowthorpe shop fire

Fire fighters called to high street pawn brokers in late night drama.

Arson likely cause of Gowthorpe shop fire

Arson is being considered as a probable cause of a fire that spread to a shop on Selby's high street in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Firefighters were called to reports of a bin on fire at the rear of the Selby branch of Cash Converters at around 4:30 am on Tuesday.

On arrival crews found the fire had spread inside the rear of the Gowthorpe store and was beginning to affect a neighbouring shop.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation by North Yorkshire Fire Service however TheSelebian understands that arson is being touted as a probable cause.