Blackpool salon owners vow to reopen after fire destroys premises

The owners of a Blackpool town centre nail salon have vowed to reopen after fire destroyed their premises on Boxing Day.

Fire crews were called to Church Street, Blackpool, at around 1:40pm, with eight fire engines from Blackpool, South Shore, Bispham, Lytham, St Annes and Fleetwood attending the commercial property, along with an aerial ladder platform, as part of a multi agency response.

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used two hose reel jets and two hose reels to extinguish the fire.

There has been a partial building collapse, with emergency services working to make the area safe.

Later, the incident was reduced to one pump which will remained in attendance overnight, with crews damping down and monitoring any remaining hotspots.

In a statement on their Facebook page, the Nail Emporium owners said: "Dear all our lovely clients, we are so sad to say today 26th December at 13.40 in our second floor engulfed in flames as you can see from Blackpool News.

"We have contact with emergency services afterwards, lucky that no one or animal been hurt but our salon has been destroyed by fire so badly. We just want to let you all know that we won’t be able to open from tomorrow until further notice.

"We will try our best to recover our salon and reopen as soon as possible, please keep your eye we going to update for you all soon. We hope you understand for us, also thank you so much for all the help from our clients today and the past time of year.

"We really appreciate that. Happy New Year to everyone."

The fire also disrupted other nearby businesses including the Grand Theatre and Dirty Blondes.