These dramatic images show firefighters tackling a massive blaze following a suspected arson attack at a landmark North Tyneside building where local music legend Sting used to practise.
Crews spent nearly six hours battling the fire at the former Buddle Arts Centre in Wallsend at the weekend.
And the striking pictures from Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service show close up how the crews drawn from Byker, Gosforth, Newcastle Central and Wallsend Community Fire Stations, fought the flames at the Grade II-listed building where Sting once fine tuned his talents before becoming a music superstar.
