FIREFIGHTERS were called to a fire which had been maliciously started on a grassy area of Walney in the early hours of the morning.
The on-call crew from the island was sent to Central Drive at just before 1am today to reports of a fire in the open.
A small fire had been started in gorse and grass at the side of the road, which was extinguished by firefighters using a hose reel jet.
The crew said the fire had been started deliberately and described it as a "nuisance".
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">0050- Mobilised to reports of 'Fire in the Open' Central Drive, small area of Grass & Gorse ext using HRJ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/timewasters?src=hash">#timewasters</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NuisanceFire?src=hash">#NuisanceFire</a> <a href="https://t.co/4K2vkYjMk3">pic.twitter.com/4K2vkYjMk3</a></p>— Walney Fire Station (@Walney_Fire_Stn) <a href="https://twitter.com/Walney_Fire_Stn/status/882759067948732417">July 6, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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