Croydon Shurgard self-storage warehouse destroyed in blaze

Hundreds of people lost belongings after a self-storage warehouse in Croydon was destroyed The blaze started on New Year's Eve, seeing the whole of the four-storey Shurgard store in Purley Way, Croydon alight. It took up to 120 firefighter to tackle it. Customers were told it was "highly unlikely" any items would be salvaged. The cause of the fire is not yet known.