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Watch: New aerial footage reveals significant fire damage at Shrewsbury pub after 'arson' attack

New drone footage has revealed the scale of the damage at a former Shrewsbury pub following a major fire earlier this week.

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SHREWS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL WORLD TIM THURSFIELD -09/10/25Pics showing the huge amount of fire damage caused to the Oxon Priory pub, Shrewsbury.

Emergency services rushed to the former Oxon Priory public house in Shrewsbury shortly before 9pm on Monday (October 6) after a fire broke out in the roof space and spread to other parts of the building.

Over the course of five hours, between 30 and 40 firefighters from across the county battled the blaze at it ripped through the former Greene King pub, which has been boarded up since it closed in July.

The damage caused to the former Oxon Priory pub in Shrewsbury following a large fire earlier this week
The damage caused to the former Oxon Priory pub in Shrewsbury following a large fire earlier this week

Emergency services investigating the fire soon announced they were treating the blaze as "potentially arson", and three boys were arrested in connection with the incident.