A huge blaze which ripped through a primary school in Ormskirk is being treated as arson, police have confirmed.
Six fire engines attended the at Asmall Primary School on Tennyson Drive, Ormskirk, at 7.30pm on Thursday, June 17.
Firefighters worked for two hours to get the flames under control, LancsLive reported.
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A significant amount of the building has been damaged and pupils were told to stay home on Friday, June 18.
Now, detectives are treating the incident as arson and are appealing for witnesses and video footage.
Lancashire Police have said no arrests have been made at this stage and detectives are asking people to check their CCTV or dashcam footage to see if they have captured anyone acting suspiciously in the area before or after the fire took place.
DS Elizabeth Martin, of South CID, said: “This fire has had devastating impact on the school and the local community as a whole and we are working to establish the exact cause of it.
“We have already made a number of enquiries and we are now asking the public to come forward if they witnessed anything or have any mobile phone, CCTV or dashcam footage which could assist our investigation.
"We are particularly keen to obtain footage from before and after the time smoke started to appear from the building. We would also like footage which shows anybody acting suspiciously in the area in the lead up or after the fire was started.”
Parents spoke of their sadness at the fire with one Anne Linden setting up a GoFundMe Page which has already raised more than half its £2,500 target for "fantastic school".
Anybody with information is asked to email 8730@lancashire.police.uk or call 101, quoting log 1424 of June 17, 2021.
