Skip set alight near Rotherham town centre

Firefighters were called to Hollowgate shortly before 12.50am and spent nearly an hour at the scene.

Elsewhere, a garden fire spread left unattended spread to the overgrown surroundings at Dunns Dale in Maltby, at about 9.34pm yesterday.

And a discarded cigarette is thought to have been the cause of a fire involving two sheds and a fence at Foundry Gate in Wombwell, at 10pm.

Over the bank holiday weekend, there was an accidental garden blaze at Newbiggin Drive, Parkgate, on Saturday evening and a car fire involving a Peugeot 207 CC at Arbour Lane, Ravenfield, on Sunday evening.