Arson suspected as the cause of two vehicle fires

Fire investigators suspect arsonists caused two separate vehicle blazes on the Fylde Coast.

Police have been informed after a car and a horse box were set alight late on Friday.

A crew from South Shore put out the blazing car at the roadside in Grizedale Road, Blackpool at just before 11pm. There were no casualties.

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Around an hour later firefighters from Bispham dealt with a blaze in a horsebox in Fleetwood Road South, Thornton Cleveleys.

Officers say the cab of the vehicle had been deliberately torched. There were no horses in the vehicle at the time and no-one was hurt.