AN INVESTIGATION has been launched into the cause of a fire which caused a residential street to be evacuated.

Six fire appliances attended the blaze at a garage on St Asaph Avenue in Kinmel Bay at about 5.45pm on Tuesday of last week.

St Asaph Avenue was closed at its junctions with Clwyd Park and Denbigh Circle.

One eyewitness, Alison Bird, said: “I live in Ffordd Craiglun, just off Denbigh Circle.

“We were in the garden some time after 5pm and noticed the smell of woodsmoke but thought nothing of it, as it was a nice sunny day and thought maybe someone was preparing a barbecue.

“I looked out of the window a little while later and saw what I thought were very dark clouds coming past the house.

“When I went into the garden to see why the weather was changing so drastically, I then saw huge plumes of black smoke coming from the direction of St Asaph Avenue.

“I could then see the glow of the flames and then there was a loud explosion, followed by several other smaller ones.

“We were initially worried that it might be a house fire, but as it looked as though it was on the industrial site we hoped that everyone had gone home by the time the fire had taken hold.”