On August 7th 2007, a fire broke out at the Limebright Joinery on Marlborough Road in Maindee, Newport. Heat from the joinery's wood burner set alight combustible materials under the mezzanine floor. The resulting fire spread damaging a total of 14 homes in the street. Six of the houses were demolished and another three were gutted by the blaze, but the exterior structures were left standing.

The South Wales Fire and Rescue Group, who conducted an investigation into the fire, deemed that nothing could "reasonably" have been done to prevent it. The fire is now infamously remembered by residents as one of the worst in the city's history since the Second World War.

In 2009 a disagreement broke out between local residents and Newport City Council. The owners of the Limebright Joinery were not found to be directly responsible for the blaze. The council informed residents of Marlborough Road - many of whom did not have insurance - that they would be collectively charged in the region of £55,000 for clearance of the entire site.

Now five years on from the blaze, the site is still yet to be cleared.

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