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Home Incidents Overnight incidents – 20/21 September
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Overnight incidents – 20/21 September

Incident date: 21 September 2020

Firefighters from Rotherham were called to Alma Road, Moorgate, at 9.26pm. Upon arrival they found a mattress alight on some waste land. This was dealt with by 9.40pm and is thought to have been started deliberately.

Firefighters from Tankersley were called to Wood Royd Road, Sheffield, at 11.14pm. Upon arrival they found a park bench well alight. This was dealt with by 11.30pm and is thought to have been started deliberately.

Firefighters from Central were called to Ironside Road, Sheffield, at 0.44am. Upon arrival they found a ford focus that had been damaged by fire. The blaze was out on arrival, due to local residents using buckets to put it out. Crews left the scene at 1.05am and it is thought this was started deliberately using petrol.

 

This content was last updated on September 21st, 2020