Firefighters were called to the blaze on Saturday night (March 14)
An empty building was deliberately set on fire in a Cambridgeshire suburb. Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue were called to a fire at an empty premises in Bretton Way, Peterborough at around 11.20pm on Saturday (March 14).
A fire spokesperson said: “At 11.20pm on Saturday crews from Stanground and Dogsthorpe were called to a building fire on Bretton Way in Peterborough. Wearing breathing apparatus, firefighters used hose reels to extinguish the fire and cleared the smoke using a positive pressure ventilation fan.
“The crews returned to their stations by 1am.” The fire was determined to be deliberate and Cambridgeshire Police has launched an investigation.
A police spokesperson said: “Fire informed us at about 11.50pm on March 14 of a fire at an empty premises on Bretton Way, Peterborough. A crime was raised for arson.”
Anyone with information should call police on 101 and quote 35/19152/26.
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