A second boy has been charged in connection with a huge fire which destroyed a former Fife social club.
The 13-year-old’s arrest by police in Levenmouth was revealed on Friday, two days after the blaze ripped through the Denbeath Miners Welfare Institute in Buckhaven.
A 15-year-old boy had already been charged, to be reported to the Children’s Reporter, and police confirmed they were no longer looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.
Constable Paul Adams, from Levenmouth Police Station, said: “Thanks to the support and assistance from the public we have now made two arrests and are satisfied that no further lines of inquiry need to be pursued.”
The institute and bowling club had stood on ground between Institution Street and Den Walk for almost a century.
It closed in 2012 after running into financial difficulties and locals said the building had become a magnet for anti-social behaviour.
A planning application was submitted to Fife Council in March to demolish the building and build 22 affordable homes in its place.
