Deliberate fires – Orton Longueville and Orton Malborne - Peterborough

12/03/2023 9.58PM

At 9.58pm on Sunday (12) a crew from Stanground was called to a fire on The Village in Orton Longueville. 

Firefighters arrived to find a car well alight. Wearing breathing apparatus they extinguished the fire using a hose reel and left the scene at 10.55pm. 

At 10.58 the crew was then called to a fire on Saltmarsh in Orton Malborne.  

They arrived to find a car well alight. Wearing breathing apparatus they extinguished the fire using a hose reel and left the scene at 11.50pm. 

At 11.56pm the crew was then called, along with crews from Dogsthorpe and the Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade, to a fire on Cheyney Court in Orton Malborne.  

They arrived to find a well-developed fire involving around five cars, with the fire spreading to a building. Wearing breathing apparatus they extinguished the fire using hose reels and left the scene at 1.10am. 

At 12.32am crews from Yaxley and the Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade were called to a fire involving a signal box on the Nene Valley Railway, near Orton Mere.  

They extinguished the fire using a hose reel and left the scene by 1.30am.

The fires were all started deliberately. Anyone with information should contact police by visiting www.cambs.police.uk to submit an online report or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111, quoting Operation Onward.