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Yet another fire in Brookfield Park is put out

Posted on - 6th April, 2021 - 2:09pm | Author - | Posted in - Brookfield, Crime, Deepdale, Parks, Preston News, Ribbleton
Fire in Brookfield park. Pic: Seán Walker
Fire in Brookfield park. Pic: Seán Walker

Another fire was reported during Tuesday (6 April) which adds to others over the Easter weekend.

A fire engine attended the incident at 12:25pm and were there for less than ten minutes according to Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service.

Read more: Fire starters are ‘destroying local public areas’ – more deliberate blazes started in Brookfield

Multiple fires were reported throughout the Easter weekend with some reported to have been started deliberately.

13 anti-social behaviour fires were reported in the ten hours from 6pm on Sunday 4 April.

Fire in Brookfield park. Pic: Seán Walker
Fire in Brookfield park. Pic: Seán Walker

Incidents involved the deliberate ignition of grass, bushes, woodland and bins.

Read more: Multiple deliberate fires in Brookfield, Grange, Moor Nook, Deepdale and Plungington on Easter Sunday

This is as well as Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service six-wheel drive off-road elite specialist unit responding to several deliberate grass and wheelie bin fires in the parks of Preston.

Preston Fire Station firefighters have been busy over the Easter weekend, responding to barrels of engine oil on fire in Goosnarghseveral fires along the Guild Wheel near Brockholes, and a scrub fire that threatened a city centre business.

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