Hi Jo this is a dramatic shot, & an unfortunate loss too, perhaps bored teenagers torched it. You were in the right place at the right time with your camera for this journalistic shot.
My thanks to all who leave comments for my work and to those of you who like one enough to make it a favourite. To touch just one person that way makes each image worthwhile. . . . . . . . . .. . . . "The question is not what you look at, but what you see" ~ Marcel Proust
Was it vandalized?...