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Ashlie Blakey

Arson investigation underway after blaze ripped through cocktail bar

An arson investigation has been launched after a cocktail bar in Wigan was left ruined by a fire.

Six Six Three coffee and cocktail bar on High Street in Golborne was set alight at around 1.30am this morning (Thursday). Firefighters and police officers were scrambled to the scene.

A cordon was put in place around the building as fire crews extinguished the blaze. The front of the bar has been left charred and damaged, with the sign and front door destroyed.

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Police said an investigation into the suspected arson is now underway. No arrests have been made.

In a post on Facebook, the bar said they were 'happy that nobody was hurt'. Six Six Three will remain closed today as staff work to clean up the aftermath of the blaze.

Police at the scene on High Street (Vincent Cole - Manchester Evening News)

The post said: "Morning everyone, as most of you will probably be aware, we have had a fire in the early hours this morning. We don’t know exactly what’s happened.

"We are just happy that nobody was hurt! We will be closed today but we hope to be back up and running tomorrow once we’ve cleaned everything up and made it all safe."

The bar's frontage has been left wrecked (Vincent Cole - Manchester Evening News)

A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said: "Just before 1.30am this morning (Thursday 16th February), three fire engines from Leigh, Hindley and Warrington fire station were called to reports of a building fire involving a coffee shop on High Street, Golborne.

“Crews arrived quickly at scene. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatuses used an extension ladder, positive pressure ventilation fan, thermal imaging camera and hearth kit to extinguish the fire.

"Firefighters were in attendance for around an hour."

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