Pictures show aftermath of ferocious fire that destroyed caravans

Pictures show the devastation after a ferocious fire ripped through a caravan and motorhome dealership. North Wales Fire and Rescue Service received a call at just after 5.30pm on Saturday evening to the blaze at Evans Caravans and Camping, between Criccieth and Pwllheli.

They sent 10 appliances to the fire that spread among the caravans on site. It saw the A497 road closed by North Wales Police between Dwyfor Food Park, Llanystumdwy and Chilwog Pwllheli.

The fire service warned local residents to stay away and also to shut windows and doors.

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Crews battled the flames to bring it under control with the 'stop message' coming at around 10pm on Saturday night.

An investigation has now been launched into the blaze by the fire service. Llwyn Ffynnon Caravan Park posted pictures from the site this morning - showing the scale of the damage.

They said: "Evans caravans this morning, no one injured, apparently 12 caravans totally gone and a few more have fire damage, building is total loss. Amazing the houses and caravans on the sides didn’t go up."

Evans Caravans and Camping said: "Thank you to the fire crews, police, and locals for their support after a fire broke out at one of our dealerships last night. Thankfully, nobody was hurt."

There were lots of messages of support for the company. One person said: "So sorry to see the devastation but glad nobody hurt."

Another added: "Sorry to hear the news , any help needed just ask" while someone else posted "Gutted for you all, as long as your all safe then that's the most important thing".

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