Blaze rips through new build homes in Cambs - causing 'considerable damage':
The fire is being treated as an arson attack
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Police: Arson destroyed two new-build homes in St IvesThe October 6 blaze caused considerable damage, police said, and a cordon remained in place on October 7.
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- Police and firefighters were called at around 10pm on Friday, October 6, to the new-build properties on Houghton Road in St Ives.
- Both buildings were ablaze when emergency services arrived, and a cordon was established because of thick smoke.
- A joint investigation concluded that the fire was arson, while police said the cordon remained in place on Saturday, October 7.
- There is no cost estimate yet, but police said the damage was likely to reach hundreds of thousands of pounds and asked witnesses to provide information under incident number 585 from October 6.
This fire has caused a considerable amount of damage and while there is no estimate on the cost at this time, two new-build properties have been destroyed, meaning it will likely be hundreds of thousands of pounds. There was also inconvenience for local people with the smoke and the resulting road closure.— Detective Inspector Nicola Lamport, Cambridgeshire Police
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