Building fire – Hampton Gardens - Peterborough

13/10/2024 5.20AM

At 5.20am on Sunday (13) were called to a building fire on Berrington View in Hampton Gardens. 

More than 30 firefighters, including crews from Stanground, Dogsthorpe, the Peterborough Volunteer Brigade, Whittlesey, Huntingdon, March, Sawtry and Cambridge, along with Newmarket (Suffolk), attended the incident.  

Firefighters arrived to find a well-developed fire involving several houses under construction. Wearing breathing apparatus firefighters worked hard using hose reels and jets to reduce the spread of the fire and extinguish the fire before returning to their stations by 9.10am. 

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