Building fire - Central ward - Peterborough

15/12/2022 2.36AM

On Thursday (15) at 2.36am, crews from Dogsthorpe, Stanground, Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade, Yaxley, and the turntable ladder form Cambridge were called to a house fire on Cromwell Road, central ward.

Crews arrived to find the first floor and roof space of a derelict property well alight.

Wearing breathing apparatus, firefighters used hose reels and jets to get the fire under control.

Crews extinguished the fire and left the area by 4.45am.

The cause of the fire was believed to be deliberate.

The area was reinspected later in the morning.