A PUB inferno that started hours after the final drink had been served was arson, say fire-fighters.
The Woolley - known as the Miners' Welfare - closed on Tuesday when the lease expired.
Early the next morning it was well alight and parts of the pub, on Bloomhouse Lane, Woolley Colliery, have been demolished for safety.
A fire service spokesman said: "Investigations revealed the cause of the fire to be deliberate." Police are investigating.
