Rail passengers who had just left a train spotted a fire at a disused club last night (Monday).
It was at the Selby Railway Club on Station Road, Selby, at 8.57pm.
A North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service spokesperson said: “We received multiple calls from passengers exiting the train at Selby train station stating that there was a fire on the single storey roof of the former railway workers social club.
“Selby crew extinguished a wooden pole on the roof of the derelict building with the cause – deliberate by children.”
Fire location
The building is now owned by North Yorkshire Council and is earmarked to be part of the station gateway regeneration.
