Telford car arsons: Police probe another blaze as spate of attacks continues
Another car has been torched in a residential area of Telford overnight as the recent spate continues.
The Vauxhall Astra was set alight on Princess Avenue in Arleston at 2am and used jets to extinguish the blaze within 20 minutes.
Police say two individuals had been seen running away from the scene.
If you have any information please call West Mercia Police on 101, quoting incident number 646s of 18 August 2017.
It comes as new figures revealed that over half of vehicle fires in Telford and Wrekin in the last 12 months were classed as arson.
In light of a spate of attacks in recent months in the Telford area figures have shown that out of a total of 76 fires, 59% were classed as arson attacks.
Out of the 45 fires classed as arson attacks, 87% were in relation to cars, with one arson attack on a heavy goods vehicle, three on motorcycles and two on vans.
It spread to two other vehicles on the drive way with crews from Wellington being sent to deal with the blaze.
The last year has seen arson attacks become a major problem in Telford.
Car fires have broken out in Vallens Hadley, Chockleys Meadow in Leegomery and a host of other areas all within the last two months.
Earlier in the week, an arsonist left a trail of destruction after pouring petrol over a car parked on the driveway of a Telford home and setting it alight, before fleeing the scene.
Three cars were torched in the blaze, which happened at an address in Overdale during the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The offender was captured on CCTV pouring liquid from a petrol can over a VW Golf before setting it ablaze and fleeing in the direction of Garfield Road.
In August, a 26-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy from Telford were arrested on suspicion of 26 arsons across a five year period in the Hadley and Leegomery areas. They have since been bailed.
Anyone who has information about arson attacks in Telford should call West Mercia Police on the non-emergency 101 number.
