Bradford's Old Bingo Hall in dangerous condition after huge blaze consumes whole building

The fire at the single storey building began at around 12.20am on Sunday morning, and crews were still on the scene at 7.00am.

The whole building was involved in the fire, and West Yorkshire Fire Service used six jets and one aerial at the incident.

There are no reports of any people involved in the fire on Dudley Hill Road.

Appliances from Bradford Shipley, Fairweather Green, Stanningley and Odsal and an Aerial from Leeds fought the blaze, along with other support crews.

Seven hours after the fire broke out, two pumps were still at the Old Bingo Hall and were using two jets.

A building inspector has been requested as the structure of the building is in a dangerous condition.

At 7.00am on Sunday morning, a spokesperson for West Yorkshire Fire Service said: "Occured on 28 February 2021 at 00:21

"**2 pumps remain in attendance damping down and are using 2 jets. Building inspector has been requested to attend due to dangerous condition of the structure of the building**

"Crews are currently in attendance at a fire at the Old Bingo Hall on Dudley Hill Road, Bradford. Crews have made this incident pumps 6. It is a single storey building 50 metres x 15 metres and is 100 per cent involved in fire. Crews are currently using 6 jets and 1 aerial. There are no reports of any persons involved.

"Appliances from Bradford, Shipley, Fairweather Green, Stanningley and Odsal and Aerial from Leeds are in attendance along with other support crews.

"Location: Dudley Hill Road, Bradford"