Police have announced the large fire in Leeds city centre at the weekend is now being investigated as arson.
Several roads were closed and surrounding buildings were evacuated as huge flames rose from near Millennium Square on Saturday night. More than 80 firefighters from West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service were called out to the scene to try and get the blaze under control.
The area around Cookridge Street remained closed off throughout Sunday after the blaze on Saturday, October 15. The fire service had previously called the building 'potentially unsafe' in a statement.
