Fire at Wales’ ‘largest car supermarket’

100 firefighters worked through the night last weekend to tackle a fire at Ron Skinner car supermarket in Tredegar. A “big employer” in the local area, Ron Skinner & Sons has four sites and claims to be Wales’ largest car supermarket. It was founded in Tredegar in 1968.

Investigations are now underway to determine the cause.

Blaenau Gwent Member of the Senedd Alun Davies told the BBC that the community would be would be “devastated”.

“I have contacted Blaenau Gwent council and the Welsh government this morning to make sure that the business gets all the support it needs to recover and to rebuild,” he said.