truckerspal:
Why would Big Blue start a fire in Heather, Wheel Nut?
There have been a lot of lorry thefts and arson attacks in the Midlands recently, It seems more than normal if you read the local press. I remember the incidence of farmyard fires were greater in the summer holidays when kids were playing around. This just seems more organised.
*Of the 50 speed cameras in Lincolnshire, 15 have suffered criminal damage due to arson.
*A staff member was rescued from the Istanbul Restaurant in the Corn Market in Derby after a fire near the main entrance spread through the building.
Another blaze was started at the nearby Millets store in Morledge.
The attacks, which happened between 12.25am and 12.50am on Friday, are thought to have involved rubbish being set on fire.
*The blaze was started deliberately at PPP Pallets on the Wigwam Lane Industrial Estate.
Flames destroyed two vans and spread to a 44-foot lorry trailer.
*Arsonists targeted Scraptoft Hall yesterday.
The blaze was started on the first floor of the empty Grade II*-listed Georgian building, in Scraptoft, near Leicester, at about 3pm.
*"Six lorries, along with the cargo they were carrying, were badly damaged by this large fire
*Firefighters battled the blaze at a unit at Friar Gate Arches, which destroyed several vehicles inside, for more than three hours yesterday morning. A spokeswoman for the police confirmed the fire was being treated as arson.