Arsonists strike twice

TWO outbuildings were deliberately set alight in separate arson attacks on the same night.

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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Less 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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