Police ‘reviewing all evidence’ on cause of Crooked House pub fire
Police ‘reviewing all evidence’ on cause of Crooked House pub fire Police have said they are “reviewing all of the available evidence” on the cause of a fire that destroyed the famous Crooked House pub in the West Midlands just two weeks after it was sold to a private buyer. The pub in Himley, near Dudley, was completely gutted on Saturday night by a blaze that took 30 firefighters to extinguish, days after being sold by the brewer Marston’s. On Monday, Staffordshire police said an investigation into the cause of the fire at the 18th-century pub was open and that a cordon around the site remained in place.