A Belfast businessman says he is losing £10k each day because of a cordon around the Cathedral Quarter fire scene
Belfast City Council said their officers are working with Destination CQ to help identify vacant buildings which could be used as temporary spaces for businesses.A businessman said he is losing £10,000 each day his shop has not been allowed to open due to a fire at a building in the Cathedral Quarter on Monday.
A spokesperson told BBC News NI there has been no damage to the office or any of its contents, but telephone lines have been out of operation since the fire.Donagh McGovern, who owns a shop beside the building, said there was nothing wrong with his shop but it is inside of a cordon and has not been allowed to reopen.
A spokesperson said: "Our building control team has attended the site of the fire to assess the building under the dangerous structures legislation.
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