'We're treating it as arson': Police investigating Telford car fire
Police were in attendance at one of two vehicle fires in Shropshire and are treating it as arson.
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The first blaze at Blakemore, in Telford, saw one fire engine and a fire service investigation officer scrambled to an incident involving a saloon vehicle at 8.53pm on Sunday.
Crews used breathing kit and a hosereel jet to deal with the incident.
A fire service spokesperson said the police were also at the scene of the incident.
A spokesperson for West Mercia Police said they received multiple calls from the public and are treating it as arson.
"We received multiple calls from members of the public around 7pm on Sunday evening to report a car being on fire on Blakemore, Telford.
"It is being treated as arson and an investigation is on-going."
The fire service stop message for that incident was sent at 7.10pm
Later on in the evening, at 9.24pm, two crews and an operations officer from Shrewsbury were scrambled to a lorry fire at Ford Heath, at Ford, near the county town.
Crews used a hosereel jet and a thermal camera to deal with the incident.
A fire service spokesperson said it was one non articulated lorry alight that has been extinguished by fire service personnel.
The incident stop message was sent at 9.46pm on Sunday .
