Witnesses have described watching on as House of Fraser's sign caught fire before falling into the street in Nottingham city centre. Fire crews were called to the blaze outside the House of Fraser department store at the Victoria Centre at around 2.30pm on Friday, November 18.
Crews from the West Bridgford, Hucknall, London Road and Carlton fire stations were in attendance, forcing the temporary closure of Mansfield Road. Katie Blatherwick and Emma Thower, both admin workers at Mega Close across the road, said they looked outside to see the stag emblem on fire.
"I turned round and it was on fire, just the deer, then it fell to the floor while still on fire," said Ms Blatherwick, 28. "I don't know how it could have happened. All of us were just like, 'is the deer really on fire?' It's one of those things that you'll never find out why it was on fire."
