Bedroom and hallway '100 per cent damaged' in blaze at derelict nursing home
Fire crews were sent to the scene of a blaze at a derelict nursing home on Tuesday evening - the second time its caught fire in five months.
Four crews - made up of firefighters from Walsall, Wednesbury and Willenhall - were called to the blaze in Slaney Road, Pleck, just before 9pm.
A spokesman for West Midlands Fire Service said one ground-floor bedroom was "100 per cent" damaged by the blaze, as was the ground-floor hallway.
Crews had the fire extinguished by 10.30pm with no injuries reported.
The spokesman added that the cause is "still being investigated" and the matter had been "handed over to the police".
A spokesperson for West Midlands Police said the blaze was being treated as arson, and anyone with information can contact the force using Live Chat on its website, quoting 20/924419/22.
It's not the first time a fire has started at the site this year.
In June more than 30 firefighters successfully extinguished a "severe blaze" at the disused home which was found in the rear of the building's ground floor.
Earlier this year a plan to convert it into an HMO was refused by Walsall Council.
