Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service Newsdesk

Cligga Head at 09/09/2017 10:31

Appliances from Perranporth and Newquay were mobilised to this incident, on arrival the caravan was found to be well alight, firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used two high pressure hosereel jets to extinguish the fire. Arson was suspected. Devon & Cornwall Police were requested to attend.

Anyone with information on fires being deliberately started in the countryside are advised to anonymously call Crimestoppers free on 0800 555 111 or contact Devon and Cornwall Police on 101 with information.

Arson puts both the public and firefighters at unnecessary risk. It ties up resources that could be in demand for other more serious incidents.
A lot of Cornwall is covered by on-call firefighters, so there's also a significant cost to each incident.