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Bristol Post
Bristol Post
National
Toby Codd

Cattle Market Road fire: Police appeal after 'deliberate' blaze near Bristol Temple Meads station

A fire which broke out in Bristol yesterday evening (May 31) is believed to have been started deliberately. Avon and Somerset Police are now appealing for information on the fire off Cattle Market Road, near Bristol Temple Meads train station.

Police officers were called to the blaze by Avon Fire and Rescue Service shortly after 7pm. The fire had been started in a wooded area on the bank of the River Avon.

Firefighters used a high pressure hose reel, a 45mm jet and two thermal imaging cameras to extinguish the flames. Investigating police officers are now appealing to the public for information on how the fire started.

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