Boy charged over nightclub fire

Preston Magistrates Court

A teenage boy has been charged after a fire at a nightclub in the grounds of the Park Hall Hotel near Chorley.

Emergency services were called to the blaze in Charnock Richard on Tuesday night, with crews extinguishing it by midnight.

A 16-year-old from Chorley has now been charged with arson with intent to endanger life.

He was due to appear at Preston Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

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