Car set alight during midnight arson attack in village near Leighton Buzzard

Firefighters extinguished a burning vehicle in Mentmore early yesterday morning.

A crew from Leighton Buzzard was called to a car fire in Ledburn Road at 0.42am on Sunday (September 8).

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Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue service.

The cause of the fire was deliberate.

Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, said: "Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used a hose reel to extinguish the fire. A thermal imaging camera was also used to check for hotspots."

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