Arsonists start fire in sub-station

ARSONISTS forced their way into an electrical substation in South Yorkshire and used a car tyre and rubbish to start a blaze.

By The Newsroom

Published 27th Aug 2007, 08:27 BST

Updated 27th Aug 2007, 10:23 BST

The fire was started just after midnight on Bank Holiday Monday after youths broke through metal fencing surrounding the brick-built substation and forced a door into the 33,000 volt facility.

They set fire to a car tyre and piles of rubbish inside the sub-station.

Firefighters used thermal imaging equipment to trace burning underground cables and avert widescale damage.

The sub-station on Grange Lane, between Stairfoot and Cundy Cross, Barnsley, serves an industrial area.

South Yorkshire Barnsley