Scrap yard blaze in Warmley being treated as arson

scrap yard fire 008More than 50 calls were received by Avon Fire & Rescue Service’s control room to report Saturday’s  fire at the scrap yard in Tower Road South in Warmley.

Fire investigators believe the blaze in a building filled with scrap vehicles was  started deliberately.

Four firefighters in breathing apparatus extinguished the blaze and also cooled a number of cylinders containing acetylene.