A strong smell of smoke still lingered along the Riverside Shopping Centre this morning, following last night’s fire at the multi-storey car park in Haverfordwest.
Police officers were at the scene at 11am today (Wednesday, July 13), with the fire appearing to have caused extensive damage.
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service dealt with the fire before leaving after 2.30am.
A spokesperson from the fire service said: “The fire was located in an office block, located at the top of the multi-storey car park, and had spread to an underneath stairwell.”
One Haverfordwest resident said: “We stood outside the car park and watched it. We don’t live far away and we saw the smoke in the sky, so we thought we’d take a look.
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“Firefighters were here quickly, and managed to get it down in about an hour.
“There was a little crowd gathered. It felt weird, because we knew nobody was in there or injured, so it felt like a small community event. We all came together to just stand there and watch.
“Even today, walking along the shopping centre, you can smell smoke.”
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