Van torched in Mortimer suspected arson
Published: 09:52, 13 June 2016
Vehicle found alight in country lane
A van found blazing in a Mortimer country lane during the early hours of this morning (Monday) was put down to a suspected arson.
One fire engine from Whitley Wood was called at 2.40am to an unnamed road near Wokefield Park, where a van, believed to be a Ford transit, was well alight.
One firefighter wearing breathing apparatus extinguished the blaze using a hosereel.
The van, the engine for which had been removed, was destroyed in the incident, after being found parked up in the lane.
No-one was hurt.
Firefighters left the scene at 3.40am.
