Fire crews deal with two arson attacks

By Gareth Dennison
Published 14th Jun 2016, 08:50 BST
Updated 9th Jan 2017, 06:07 BST
FIREFIGHTERS attended two vehicle fires, a settee blaze and a car crash overnight.

Crews from Rotherham station were called out at 11.40pm on Monday to Castle Avenue in Canklow, where a settee and rubbish had been set alight outside.

They attended a second deliberate blaze when a Peugeot 308 was set alight on Simmonite Road at Kimberworth Park at 3am on Tuesday.

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Later, they were called to the scene of a road accident after a Vauxhall Astra hit a wall in Old School Road, Greasbrough, at 4.15am.

And colleagues from Maltby station attended a van fire in New Road, Firbeck, shortly before 4.30am. The cause of the blaze is not yet known.