Discarded settees set alight at Thrybergh

Firefighters from Maltby station were called to Cross Street at 8.15pm.

At the same time, colleagues from Rotherham station dealt with a scooter bike which had been set alight on Brookside, Herringthorpe.

And the Rotherham crew later dealt with a deliberate fire at a derelict flat and shop premises in the town centre.

The blaze was in the doorway of the building on Westgate at 12.15am today, the fire service said.