The charity that runs Underfall Yard have said everyone in their community of boatbuilders, engineers, craftspeople and residents are ‘devastated’ at last night’s fire - but have pledged to rebuild the area back to its former glory.
In a statement from the Underfall Yard Trust, the charity which was setup more than 25 years ago to transform the area of Bristol’s Harbourside, the members said they would be supporting the tenants who have lost everything as their yards and workshops went up in flames around midnight last night.
Avon Fire and Rescue Service handed over the scene to the Harbourmaster and the charity after lunch today, after a morning of dampening down the smouldering remains of several of the units. Pollution control was also in place around some of the boats on the water that were destroyed by the flames and sunk.
