Video reveals damage to popular Sheffield youth club after major blaze

Video reveals damage to popular Sheffield youth club after major blaze at Osgathorpe Pavilion

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00:00This is the damage which was done to a Sheffield youth club after a fire, which

00:06firefighters now believe to have been deliberately started, broke out. Five fire

00:11engines were sent to the Oscarthorpe Pavilion on Earl Marshall Road near Fir

00:16Vale on Wednesday afternoon after the building had gone up in flames. They were

00:21on the scene for several hours and South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said

00:25on Wednesday that the cause was still under investigation but they now believe

00:29it was started deliberately. It's understood that the building was not

00:34derelict but youth clubs which had been operating from the building had moved

00:38out due to planned refurbishment works which was due to start this week.

00:43Sheffield Council had grant funding from the government's youth investment fund to

00:48refurbish part of the building. The improvement works had been due to start

00:54this Monday, September the 2nd, but the work has been delayed due to the need to

01:00assess the fire damage. The council is now in contact with the funders to find

01:05out how the fire might affect the grant funding. Sheffield Council said it could

01:13not comment at this stage because the investigation into the fire is still

01:17ongoing.