Car ‘set on fire and bricks thrown at house’ in suspected arson attack

A woman suffered minor injuries in the incident

A car was ‘set on fire’ and bricks were also thrown at a house in a Cambridgeshire city. Cambridgeshire Police were called to an incident at around 2.40am today (Friday, August 7).

Police received reports a car was on fire and there were “bricks thrown into a house” in Saxon Road, Eastfield, Peterborough.

One woman suffered minor injuries, but she didn’t receive hospital treatment. A police spokesperson said: “Police are treating the fire as arson and an investigation is ongoing. No arrests have been made at this time.”

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue also attended. A fire spokesperson said: “At 2.43am on Friday, a crew from Dogsthorpe was called to a car fire on Saxon Road in Eastfield, Peterborough.

“Wearing breathing apparatus, firefighters used a hose reel to extinguish the fire before returning to their station by 3.45am. The cause of the fire is believed to be deliberate.”

Cambridgeshire Police is appealing for information. Anyone with information should contact police online or call 101 and quote incident 33 of August 7.

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