Deliberate fires – Bretton - Peterborough

01/04/2023 6.38PM

At 6.38pm on Saturday (April 1) a crew from Dogsthorpe was called to a fire at Bretton Shopping Park in Peterborough. 

Firefighters arrived to find a fire involving a bin against a building and extinguished it using a hose reel. They returned to their station by 7.50pm.  

At 4.19am on Sunday (2) a crew from Dogsthorpe attended a second fire involving three industrial bins. They extinguished the fire using a hose reel and returned to their station by 5am. 

The crew was called to a further fire at 6.16am on Sunday (2). They arrived to find a fire involving wooden pallets that was spreading to a nearby building. They extinguished the fire using hose reels and returned to their station by 7.30am. 

The cause of the fires was deliberate. Anyone with information should contact police by visiting www.cambs.police.uk to submit an online report or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.