Firefighters battle ‘deliberate’ car fire on Leeds road
A car was ‘set on fire’ in a suspected arson in Leeds last night.
Firefighters rushed to battle a ‘deliberate’ car fire on a road in Leeds last night.
Two fire crews were called to Tong Road in West Leeds around 10.40pm on Wednesday (April 15). The blaze was successfully extinguished, however the incident is being treated as a suspected arson.
A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue service said: “We were called to Tong Road yesterday at 22.40 to reports of a vehicle fire.
“Two crews attended and extinguished a car on fire using a hose reel.”
The fire is being treated as “suspected deliberate ignition”. Police are also treating the incident as arson, a spokesperson confirmed.