Garden fire spread to fencing at Swallownest

A GARDEN fire spread to fencing in Swallownest this morning (Wednesday).

Firefighters attended Wharton Avenue at 5.30am and the blaze is believed to be deliberate.

Three crews were called to a fire at premises on St John’s Walk on Adwick on Dearne at 1.15am.

The resident was already out of the property when they arrived, the fire service said. The cause is still being investigated.

A wheelie bin was deliberately set alight at 1.20am on Church Road in Edlington, while a communal bin accidentally caught fire at 2.30am on Plantation Walk in Dinnington.