Another allotment owner, Dale Clarkson, said the owner of the allotment where the chickens had died was extremely upset.
“He’s devastated yes, very disheartened, it takes a lot of time and effort to make your allotment how you want it.”
Clarkson said owners were trying to raise funds for the two allotment keepers affected.
He said the damage was “huge” and would cost thousands of pounds to put right, adding a large tree that was burnt in the blaze would also need to be removed.
Doreen Smithson, whose garden backs on to the allotments, said her large summer house had been destroyed in the blaze.
“It’s absolutely devastating – we’ve done all this to settle down, you know getting older, and you’re faced with this,” she said.
