Two more bin store fires started deliberately in Orchard Park, Cambridge

Firefighters tackled two more bin store fires that were started deliberately on Orchard Park in Cambridge on Monday night.

The blazes - half an hour apart - follow one on Saturday that engulfed a bin store in Aster Way.

Police are investigating.

Two crews from Cambridge were called at 7.22pm on Monday (21 October) to a fire in the bin store in Chieftain Way. They used a hose reel and small gear to extinguish the fire and returned to their stations by 8.30pm.

Meanwhile, crews from Cambridge and Cambourne were called at 7.51pm to another fire involving a bin store on Ring Fort Road, Orchard Park.

They wore breathing apparatus and used hose reels to extinguish the fire, returning to their stations by 9.20pm.

The incidents come after a fire, also believed to have been started deliberately, at the bin store beside apartments in Aster Way on Saturday (19 October). Firefighters were called at 5.52pm.

The blaze left bins melted and the brickwork of the bin store damaged. Residents got out of their apartments as a precaution and moved their cars as the fire took hold.

A police spokesperson said: “We have been contacted about multiple fires at bin stores in Orchard Park since Saturday (19 October).

“The first was at about 5.50pm on Saturday in Aster Way, Cambridge.

“We were also contacted about another fire just before 8pm yesterday (21 October) in Chieftain Way, Orchard Park.

“It is thought these fires, and another in Orchard Park yesterday evening, were started deliberately.

“On each occasion the fire service have attended and extinguished the blaze. No injuries have been reported.

“Anyone with information should contact us via our website using reference 35/76368/24 (19 October) or 35/76879/24 (21 October). Anyone without internet access should call 101.”