New pictures from the Douglas fire as uncertainty remains over the reopening of the centre


The centre was evacuated and has been closed since with no timeline yet as to a possible reopening.

Speaking to The Echo, Bartosz Mieszala, manager of Douglas Village Shopping Centre, admitted he is not sure when the centre might be able to reopen.

Mr Mieszala explained that even opening the shopping centre to pedestrians could be difficult.

“We’ll see after that what plans we can make in terms of potentially rebuilding something or fixing it, and getting the idea of the quickest and easiest way to get cars removed and back to their owners.”

“This is a huge priority for us but we’re not sure how quickly it can happen.” He explained that a team are working to collect a database of information in terms of the cars in the carpark and their owners.

“Once we have that, it will make it quicker and easier to send information to the owners,” he said.