'Electric vehicles not to blame' for Preston Inchcape Jaguar Land Rover dealership fire

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The cause of a huge blaze which destroyed a luxury car dealership in Preston remains a ‘mystery’ – but electric vehicles are not to blame, say investigators.

It has been six months since the devastating fire tore through the Inchcape Jaguar Land Rover site in Bluebell Way, Fulwood in the early hours of Friday, April 7. The blaze broke out in the top floor of the dealership and was fought by more than 60 firefighters and 10 engines, along with two aerial ladder platforms and specialist crews including the drone team.

But this has now been ruled out by Inchcape, who told the Post this week that “the likely cause was a non-vehicular electrical fault at the premises”. ‘Electric vehicles were not to blame’ A spokesperson for Inchcape said: “We worked in conjunction with various experts as part of a rigorous investigation to determine the cause of the fire.

 

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