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  • Unexplained fire at Pet's Paradise: Albert Parade, Eastbourne

    Police are working with fire investigators to seek the cause of a fire at a pet shop in Eastbourne.

    At 11.15pm on Monday, 2 May officers were called by Fire and Rescue to the pet shop in Albert Parade in Eastbourne.

    The fire was mainly situated at the rear of the premises in a garage which was being used for storage for hay and straw.

  • Lighted camping stove and gas canister left at front door of property: Greenfields, Shillington

    Bedfordshire Police are appealing for witnesses after an arson attack on a Shillington home.

    It happened between 2.20am and 2.25am on Friday (8 April) when someone placed a small camping stove and gas canister at the front door of a property in Greenfields, Shillington.

  • Dustbin set alight and cars damaged outside home: Maidenbower

    Police are appealing for witnesses following an incident were a dustbin was set alight and two cars damaged on Wheeler Road, Maidenbower, Crawley last night (Sunday, 10 March).

    Sussex Police and West Sussex Fire and Rescue attended the scene just after 10.30pm.

  • Homeless man's blankets set on fire: Marine Parade, Worthing

    A 46-year-old man who was sleeping in a seafront shelter in Marine Parade, Worthing awoke in the early hours of this morning (March 24) to find his duvet had been set on fire.

    The victim called police just after 1am to report that his duvet was smouldering.

    He was taken to Worthing Hospital and treated for superficial burns.

  • Intruders smash window and set a fire: Guineas Shopping Centre

    Guineas Shopping Centre, Newmarket between 7pm 22/11/10 and 7am 23/11/10.

    Offenders have broken into a flat above the shopping centre by smashing a window and setting a fire which is being treated as arson.

  • Firework put through letterbox causes damage to carpet: Holyrood Street, Chard

    Police have launched an investigation after a firework was put through a letterbox in Chard.

    The incident happened at 4.30am on Sunday 14 November, 2010 at an address on Holyrood Street.

  • Petrol poured through letterbox wakens family: The Forge, Southwater

    A family were woken up by the smell and sound of petrol being poured through their letter box on Saturday, 16 October.

    Police were called to the address in The Forge, Southwater, Horsham just after 11.30pm.

    Detective Constable Barry Collyer said:

  • Smell of burning alerts house occupant to arson attack: Leamington Spa

    Police are appealing for witnesses to an attempted arson that occurred in the early hours of Sunday 26 September 2010 in Comyn Street, Leamington Spa.

    The occupant of a property in the street was woken by the smell of burning at around 3am.

    On checking his front door he found that lighted paper had been pushed through his letter box.

  • Elderly couple narrowly escape arson attack: Kingswood Road, Wortley

    Police are appealing for information after an arson attack on an elderly couple's home in Wortley last night.

    At about 11.15pm, the occupants of the property in Kingswood Road, a couple aged in their seventies, were upstairs in bed when they heard a noise.

  • Police seek witnesses to burning bush incidents: Higham Ferrers/Raunds

    Police are appealing for witnesses after a series of incidents where garden bushes have been set alight.

  • Appeal after 'lighted object' thrown at house: Dalkeith

    Lothian and Borders Police are appealing for witnesses after an object that was alight was thrown at an address in Dalkeith in the early hours of this morning (June 28).

    Police were called after a window was smashed at the property in Woodburn Road at 00.40am.

    Despite the damage to the window, the burning object bounced off the glass and extinguished itself on the ground.

  • Burning poster scorches fence: Haverhill

    Chalkstone Way, Haverhill at approximately 1.30am on Sunday 13/06/10, offenders set light to a poster attached to a wooden fence surrounding a primary school, causing part of the fence to be scorched.

    Calls in relation to this incident should be made to PC 224 Crispian Reynolds at Haverhill Neighbourhood Response Team on 01284 774100

  • Burning paper put through letter box: Distillery Square, Norwich

    Officers from Norfolk Police are appealing for information in relation to an incident of arson in Norwich.

    The offence took place between 2pm and 2.05pm on Monday, April 12, at an address on Distillery Square.

    Offender(s) set fire to a piece of paper which was then put through the letter box of a property.

  • Attempted arson at flat: Baguley

    A would-be arsonist attempted to start a fire at the back of a flat in Baguley.

    At 10.20pm on Wednesday 24 March 2010, a 28-year-old man was at his home on Oakcliffe Road when he heard a loud bang.

    He saw flames at the back door but the fire did not ignite fully.

  • Smoke device posted through letter box: Shenley Lodge

    Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses after an incident in Milton Keynes where a lit smoke device was posted through a letter box.

    At 11pm on Friday 29 January, the resident arrived home to her property in Silicon Court, Shenley Lodge. On opening the front door, she saw a small item burning and the house was full of smoke.

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