Police today issued an appeal for witnesses after arsonists are thought to have set fire to a car and trailer outside a Market Drayton home. Tyres exploded as flames destroyed the green Peugeot 306 outside the address in Chestnut Road. It’s thought the vehicle was set alight at around 1.15am and the alarm raised about 10 minutes later as one of the tyres exploded waking the owners. A 6ft by 4ft wooden single axle trailer in front of the vehicle was slightly damage. Police attended and the more
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Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service attended a car fire in Dark Lane Drive, Dawley, Telford at 02.52am on 5th February.
The vehicle was totally destroyed and caused damage to the guttering and down pipe of an adjoining garage.
Two crews from Telford Central and Tweedale attended, together with a Fire Investigation Officer.
The fire is being treated as arson and is the fourth vehicle to be set on fire in this area the Dawley/Malinslee area in a week.
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Firefighters in your living room - John Hammond, with thermal imaging camera, Jamie Tooth with chimney roads and John Mackenzie (right) demonstrate how they tackle a chimney fire
Chimney fires can cause thousands of pounds in damage to a home as well as putting lives at risk, warn Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service. Householders can also lose out in an insurance claim more
At 22.46pm on Wednesday 22nd January 2013, Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to a minibus fire on the car park of Brackenfield, Brookside, Telford.
One crew from Tweedale attended and the fire was extinguished at 23.04pm.
A Fire Investigator was called out the cause is being treated as arson.
If anyone has any information about this incident they are asked to contact West Mercia Police or the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. more
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Community fire safety officer Sam Hamer (centre) was at Greenfields assisted housing scheme in Bridgnorth with housing officers from Shropshire Housing Group to talk to residents about the dangers of portable heaters
A campaign to alert vulnerable householders about fire hazards from more
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service attended three incidents in Telford over the weekend involving vehicle fires.
At 8.15pm on Friday 10th January 2014 crews from Tweedale were called to a report of a van fire near garages off Mount Pleasant Road, Madeley involving an Astra van. The cause is being treated as arson.
At 1.15am on Sunday 12th January 2014 crews from Telford Central attended a report of a camper van on fire in Furnace Lane, Trench. A car and a more
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