the westbound amenity building was destroyed in a massive fire on 9 october 2003. after losing large sums of cash in a slot machine, jason new started kicking it to get his money back. he then went to the shop, bought a lighter, and set fire to the machine. by 1am the whole westbound side of the services were alight and evacuated. it took 70 fire-fighters four hours to bring the blaze under control.