Fire at Gentleshaw Common 'was started deliberately', police say
Staffordshire Police are investigating after the large grass fire at Gentleshaw Common was deemed to have been caused deliberately.
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Fire investigators were working on site all weekend after their colleagues were called to the scene at the nature reserve on Friday around 8pm. Six crews attended and extinguished the fire around midnight.
A spokesman for Staffordshire Fire and Rescue said they have determined it was caused deliberately and have now handed the incident over to police.
A police spokesman said: "Together with specialist wildlife officers, Lichfield local policing team is investigating the fire which damaged a significant part of Gentleshaw Common, Burntwood.
