11-year-old held in £30,000 farm blaze probe

POLICE have arrested an 11-year-old boy in connection with a fire which destroyed a barn on a West Melton farm.

The blaze engulfed the outbuilding on Highfield Farm, Melton High Street, shortly after 6pm on Thursday, destroying £30,000-worth of produce and equipment.

Fire crews stayed at the scene until 7.30am on Friday to manage the fire as it burned itself out.

Farmer Richard Brooke (62) spoke to the Advertiser as he watched flames sweep through the building.

“I’ve got nothing to feed the horses with or bed them down with now—just because someone decided to set a little fire. What they get out of it, God only knows.”

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