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Arsonists Strike In Stretham

Published: 11:52 AM April 10, 2010    Updated: 11:25 AM November 1, 2020

FIRE crews were called out to Stretham late last night after arsonists set fire to a recycling bin. The incident took place at around 10pm last night (Friday) with a fire crew from Ely called to reports of a large recycling bin on fire near on Short Road,

FIRE crews were called out to Stretham late last night after arsonists set fire to a recycling bin.

The incident took place at around 10pm last night (Friday) with a fire crew from Ely called to reports of a large recycling bin on fire near on Short Road, near to a petrol station.

The blaze had also spread to a nearby fence but was quickly brought under control by firefighters who had extinguished the blaze by around 10.20pm.

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