A nature reserve that was devastated by a fire could take up to two years to recover from the damage.
Fire crews worked into the night to tackle the fire on marshland in Parkgate, near Neston, on Saturday, March 19. Just hours after the blaze began Cheshire Police said they were treating the incident as arson.
Three boys, two of them aged 13, the other 14, were arrested on suspicion of arson and have since been released on conditional bail. Aerial footage shows the aftermath of the fire which could be seen from as far away as North Wales.
