Learning centre evacuated as firefighters tackle spate of blazes around county
An electrical fault caused a fire at a learning centre for people with disabilities in Tattershall Bridge.
The Greenhouse Growth project based at Glass House Farm teaches gardening, art, cooking and computer classes.
Four appliances – from Woodhall Spa, Metheringham, Sleaford and Horncastle – attended the scene after receiving an emergency call at 11.46am on Saturday.
The blaze caused extensive damage, leaving the roof unsafe, but the occupants managed to evacuate before Lincolnshire Fire and rescue teams arrived.
The fault had occurred on the circuit board, which came alight and then spread.
The fire gutted the activity room, the training kitchen and the computer lab.
Owners of the Glass House site Lynne and Keith Newton were away in Sheffield when the fire broke out.
She said: "It is devastating. What is most upsetting is we have had the site for six years and just got it how we wanted it. Now this has happened and set us back.
"We will be running the classes from the cafe for a week and then we will move into a building we are using for storage at the moment.
"Fire and rescue put a lot of effort into saving the cafe, which will be open again on November 2.
"The only reason the fire was caught so early was someone came in to feed our pet lamb, Lamby, while we were away."
The site also houses a cafe and a car sales lot, which will be open as usual.
Keiron Davey, group manager for community fire safety in Lincolnshire, said: "There was quite extensive damage, but we managed to stop the fire spreading to the cafe and a private area nearby and there has been some salvage work done."
In Lincoln, three crews attended a house fire in Coleridge Green, St Giles, at about 6.50pm on Friday.
It was sparked by a candle left unattended, which caused damage to curtains and a bedside cabinet.
Two crews from this incident were then redirected to a fire that had been deliberately sparked in a garden.
It happened in Retief Close, Ermine West, where garden equipment was severely damaged, along with the door of an outhouse. The fire broke out at 7.30pm.
Earlier on Saturday, a flat in Richmond Road, off West Parade, Lincoln, sustained smoke and heat damage after smoking material was discarded.
There was damage to a sofa, cushion and a rug.
A male occupant was treated at the scene and advised to attend hospital.
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