The fire damaged the tiles on the roof of the store.
POLICE investigating an alleged arson that led to a fire at a Southgate supermarket have appealed for information.
The fire on April 24 was caused when piles of rubbish outside the Asda store in Chase Side were set alight, causing the canopy roof to catch fire and damaging roof tiles on the main building.
Four firefighting crews tackled the blaze and evacuated about 35 staff at around 3am, although the store opened as normal the next day.
The fire took two hours to bring under control, and firefighters used a thermal-imaging camera to search the building for internal damage.
Anyone with information should call Detective Constable Solomon Georgiou on 0208 345 4404 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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