Local councillors are currently fighting to rebuild a play park in Stoke Gifford which was completely destroyed by a fire on Saturday, June 17. Cllrs Neel DasGupta and Keith Cranney, who are Stoke Gifford's Conservative members of South Gloucestershire Council, are urging local authorities to "do all they possibly can to ensure the Mead Park children's play area is rebuilt and reopened as quickly as possible".
The play park, which is a much loved and popular spot for families with children to visit, caught fire at around 8:30pm on Saturday (June 17). Local residents filmed the blaze, which completely engulfed the park's play equipment and sent a cloud of thick, black smoke into the sky, and shared their sadness and anger on social media.
Many blamed a group of local teenagers believed to have purposely started the fire. Locals said whoever was responsible had "ruined children's fun" with "a completely pointless act of vandalism".
