Gosport fish and chip shop Frydays launch desperate cash plea after fire destroys store

Frydays fish and chip shop in High Street, Gosport, was ravaged by a blaze on Wednesday night.

Igniting in the deep fat fryer, the fire ripped through the store, causing thousands of pounds of damage.

Now desperate owners have launched a crowdfunding bid to help support staff who have ‘lost their jobs’ as a result.

In a post on GoFundMe, the shop said: ‘As some of you may be aware we had quite a tragic fire in the shop last night resulting in us having to close down for the foreseeable future.

‘As Frydays, we do what we can to help out the local community including the homeless, local care homes and our loyal regular customers. We give food to the local homeless and we also do deals and discounts for the local residential homes who we will do anything for.

‘Without you and our loyal customers we wouldn’t be able to be where we are now and many of the local community are devastated by this tragedy.

‘Your kind donations will go towards, partially paying towards the staff who have lost there jobs due to the tragic incident especially at this time of year and just paying towards getting the best fish and chip shop in Gosport up and running again.’

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The appeal was set up earlier today and aim to drum up £1,000. So far, it has raised £80.

As previously reported, firefighters from Gosport, Fareham and Portchester attended the blaze.

The High Street was sealed off as officers used eight breathing apparatus and two hose reels to extinguish the fire.

The flames were quelled within 30 minutes. Nobody was injured during the emergency.

To support the GoFundMe appeal, see uk.gofundme.com/f/frydays-fire-fund

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