Firefighters Tackle Large Blaze at ‘Disused Gym’ in Acrefair

Firefighters have tackled a large fire at a ‘disused gym’ in Acrefair this morning.

North Wales Fire and Rescue Service were called to the large building fire on Llangollen Road, Acrefair at 3:45am this morning, with four crews called to the scene.

Earlier this morning Llangollen Fire tweeted to say: “3:45am we got called to a disused gym on fire on Llangollen Road, Acrefair. Four appliances are still on scene. The road is temporarily blocked.”

The stop message for the blaze came through shortly after 6am.

Picture sent to Wrexham.com by Robert Lomas

As a result of the fire the A539 Llangollen Road remains closed in both directions between Chapel Street and Bethania Road.

@wrexham road closed in Acrefair, diversion in place. Blue lights near old Air Products factory. pic.twitter.com/SxDSj0LZFV

— Warren Davies (@warrendavies49) March 24, 2017

@wrexham llangollen road closed from Lancaster Terrace, Acrefair heading towards Llangollen

— Claire Louise (@clairew930) March 24, 2017

The cause of the blaze is currently unknown – however an investigation into the fire will now take place

*Image featured above sent to Wrexham.com by Gary Dunn