An appeal has been issued after two recycling bins and a car were deliberately set on fire in Bristol.
Avon Fire and Rescue service said when crews arrived the blaze from the bins had spread to a fencing panel. A car was then set ablaze around half an hour later on Coronation Road.
Now, Avon and Somerset Police has launched an investigation and officers are "keeping an open mind' as to whether the two blazes are linked.
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A spokesperson said today (September 29): "We’ve received two reports of property being set alight on Coronation Road, Bristol in the early hours of Tuesday, September 28.
" Both are being treated as arson and we are keeping an open mind as to whether they are linked.
"At 3.17am the fire service responded after a number of recycling bins were set alight by unknown offenders. At 3.50am, they attended a vehicle fire involving a parked Ford Focus which again is believed to have been deliberate.
"No-one was injured in either incident."
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The fire service that the second fire, involving the car, required a firefighter to wear breathing apparatus for safety.
A spokesperson for Avon Fire and Rescue Service reported yesterday (September 28): "Crews from Temple were called at 3.17am to reports of recycling boxes on fire on Coronation Road. On arrival, crews found recycling containers alight affecting one fencing panel. Firefighters used one hose reel to extinguish the blaze. The cause of the fire has been determined as deliberate.
"Crews from Temple were called again at 3.51am to reports of a car fire on Coronation Road. Firefighters found one car well alight."
They continued: "Crews used one high-pressure hose reel to extinguish the blaze and one firefighter wore breathing apparatus for safety. The cause of the fire was determined as deliberate.
"Avon and Somerset Police have been informed of both incidents due to the proximity of the incidents and the determined cause."
Anyone with information about either incident is asked to call 101, quoting crime reference number 5221225793.
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