A caravan owner, currently on holiday at a small park in Haslingden, Lancashire, has been arrested on suspicion of deliberately setting his own tourer on fire.
The 43-year-old man was apprehended following the blaze, which took place in the early hours of Thursday morning (July 19th) according to the Lancashire Telegraph.
Police and firefighters were called to the scene at around 4:10am but could do little to save the caravan which was reduced to nothing more than a metal shell.
Fortunately, no one was harmed in the fire, shortly afterwards police arrested a male suspect, who was later confirmed as the tourer’s owner.
“A 43-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the fire, and is believed to be the occupant of the caravan,” a police spokesman told the news provider.
“He is being held on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life.”
A local firefighter added: “The fire is suspicious in origin, and is being investigated by the police.”
The blaze comes in the same week that firefighters were forced to deal with a caravan fire at a site in the Shropshire town of Broseley.
