The Union Street fire story gets worse and worse.
-shop was run by Pakistani nationals
-did not have a legal licence to sell vapes, were not even registered
-owed £10k of business rates from last year (council sent bailiffs after me for being 3 weeks late on a £2k payment.)
-the shop was sold to a new owner only 2 weeks ago
-fire was apparently caused by an overloaded vape charging station. They most likely had multiple extensions plugged into the one socket.
-Allegedy a woman had rented a room for her business upstairs and was due to open for her very first day of business literally the next day
-foreign scammers are already setting up fake gofundme's to try and scam locals who want to donate to help the business owners.
“When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love.”
—Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.