Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service Newsdesk

Truro at 31/08/2018 02:41

Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service attended a fire at the merry-go-round in Lemon Quay, Truro early hours of this morning at 02:41. Earlier today Police and Fire, including the fire investigation dog team attended the scene to perform a full fire investigating to identify the cause of the fire.

Following the joint investigation with Police, Fire and CCTV footage acquired by Cornwall Fire and Rescues Critical Control this incident has been classified as arson and confined. Investigations are ongoing.

Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service are one of a handful of services within the UK to employ the services of their own fire investigation dog team. The dogs are used as a tool to search cold, post-fire scenes for the presence of flammable and ignitable liquids that could have been used to start or promote fires deliberately.

Arson does not only threaten lives and damage property it has a detrimental effect on communities and the lives of people within them.

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