Arsonists strike twice
TWO out buildings were deliberately set alight in separate arson attacks on the same night.
Firefighters responded to a blaze in a brick-built outbuilding on Simmonite Road, Kimberworth Park, at around 7.30pm on Saturday night.
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Hide AdLess than 90 minutes later the same crew were battling a fire in a garden shed behind a property on Richmond Road, Kimberworth.
Both buildings were severely damaged by the fires which occupied crews from Rotherham Fire Station for almost two hours.
A fire service spokesman said: “Both fires were started deliberately, but we have no reason to believe that they were linked.”
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