“Mindless” idiots have been condemned after children’s play equipment was engulfed in flames in a suspected arson attack - for the second time in two years.
Firebugs are believed to have struck at the Town Park miniature railway play area on Stockham Lane in Runcorn shortly before 7.52pm on Wednesday evening. Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service deployed one appliance from Runcorn to the scene, and the crew extinguished the inferno.
A CFRS spokesperson said wheelie bins were used to ignite the conflagration, which reduced a children’s play train to ash. The incident happened only 20 months on since the play train - which the equipment had replaced at a cost of £60,000 - was also torched by arsonists.
