Arson attacks Residents call for action over fires

A PUBLIC meeting has been called so residents can hear from police about a series of arson incidents in one part of Bristol that has left the community 'shocked and saddened'.

- Tristan CORK

Local councillors and community leaders have called the meeting after an ongoing spate of fires in the Fishponds, Oldbury Court and Frome Vale areas of East Bristol.

The meeting is set to take place tomorrow evening, and has been organised by Frome Vale's local city councillors, the Friends of Oldbury Court and the team at the Vassall Hub community centre.

Over the past few months, and increasingly since around April this year, there have been regular reports of arson attacks across the wider Fishponds area. Cars have been set on fire, along with mopeds, bikes, a phone box, a clothes bank and even an office chair left in the road have been torched, with fears that things may escalate and in the summer months fires could spread to other cars and homes.