Fire at former Omagh Boys & Girls under investigation

A fire at the disused site of the former Omagh Boys and Girls Club remains under investigation, according to the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service.

Circumstances surrounding a fire that started in the derelict site of the old Omagh Boys & Girls club in the town are still unclear.

Fire teams were alerted to the scene at Brookmount Road just before six o'clock this morning with around half a dozen appliances being deployed -specialist equipment coming from Portadown had to be used to tackle the fire.

Firefighters finished at the scene at around half past ten this morning. Police were also deployed to help deal with local traffic. 

The building, believed to date back to the latter part of the nineteenth century, is the second to suffer from fire in a matter of days.

That's after a fire broke out at the Scotts Mill site in the town on Tuesday.

#OmaghCrews AerialAppliance from Northland, &Officers at 2 fires Mon Derelict ScottsMill @PSNIOmagh investigating pic.twitter.com/pTqRTSnM5B

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This morning's fire has left the former site of the Boys & Girls club with significant damage, with the roof of the building and the interior of the two-storey building also badly damaged. 

“2 Fire Appliances from Omagh Fire Station, 1 Fire Appliance and a Control Support Unit from Irvinestown Fire Station and one Fire Appliance each from Newtownstewart, Fintona and Pomeroy Fire Stations were deployed to the scene," a spokesman for the Fire Service said.

“Firefighters using 2 jets, a water tower attached to an aerial appliance from Portadown Fire Station and 2 ground monitors dealt with a 2 storey derelict building well alight in the area," he added.

“Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service finished at the scene at 10:33am and the cause of the fire is still under investigation," he said.