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Bristol Post
Bristol Post
National
Madeleine Bourne

Cabot Circus fire update as man arrested for arson

Police have arrested a man in connection with a suspected arson attack at Cabot Circus shopping centre in Bristol city centre. Yesterday (August 21) the shopping centre toilets were set alight - and a man has now been arrested on suspicion of arson.

Fire crews from Bedminster Fire Station put out the blaze wearing breathing apparatus using a high pressure hose reel.

The man arrested is in his twenties. Avon and Somerset Police have released a statement.

Read more: Arsonists thought to be behind Cabot Circus toilet blaze

They said, "Officers investigating a fire in the toilets of Cabot Circus shopping centre yesterday (Sunday 21 August) have arrested a man on suspicion of arson. The man, aged in his twenties, remains in police custody and enquiries into the incident are ongoing.”

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