CHARD fire crews were alerted to a motorbike blaze early this morning - and the fire service have said the blaze was started 'deliberately'.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service received calls about a vehicle on fire in Chard Cemetery on Zembard Lane at around 5am on Monday, February 16.
Fire crews from Chard Fire Station were sent to the scene to investigate and once there, confirmed one motorbike was ‘well alight’.
Fire crews used one thermal imaging camera and one hose reel jet to extinguish the fire, yet despite this, the motorbike was ‘100 per cent damaged by fire’.
Fire crews left the scene by around 6am and the cause of the fire was determined to be deliberate.
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A spokesperson for Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said: “Fire Control received a call of a motorbike on fire.
“On arrival, crews confirmed one motorbike well alight.
“Crews used one thermal imaging camera and one hose reel jet to extinguish the fire. The motorbike is 100% damaged by fire. The cause is deliberate.”
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