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Fire destroys closed tourist attraction building

Cameron WeldonDevon
Newton Abbot Fire Station Two Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service fire engines parked up outside the Occombe Farm site. There is a large amount of smoke in the sky. There are two fire fighters stood looking at the smoke. Newton Abbot Fire Station
The fire service said the old cookery school building was "completely destroyed by the flames"

Firefighters have tackled a "large fire" which "completely destroyed" a building at a closed visitor attraction.

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said it was called to the Occombe Farm attraction, near Paignton, at 04:07 BST on Saturday.

The fire service said four crews from Torquay, Paignton and Newton Abbot found the old cookery school engulfed by flames and ensured the fire did not spread to surrounding grassland, but the building was "completely destroyed by the flames".

The attraction closed in October after the charity which ran it entered liquidation due to financial challenges. Torbay Council recently announced plans to sell the site to developer Greendale.

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