Firefighters were called to houses in Bristol yesterday (Saturday, October 2) after they were set ablaze.
After a busy day for the Hicks Gate crew, their last call was to a terrace that had been "deliberately set on fire".
When they attended they saw the houses were derelict and abandoned, with boarded-up windows.
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But someone had broken in and set them ablaze, a Twitter post by the Hicks Gate crew said.
Teams from Kingswood and Temple were called to help tackle the flames and the fire was brought under control.
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In a tweet, a spokesman for Hicks Gate fire station wrote: "Busy day yesterday for Green Watch, final shout was to a house fire, upon arrival it was clear by the boarding up that these properties were derelict, however deliberately set on fire, thanks to the back up from @AFRSKingswood @AFRSTemple this fire was quickly under control."
