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Police treating fire incident on Staffordshire farm as 'deliberate'

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service said the fire reached 20 feet in height while they worked to stop it from spreading

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Fire crews and police from Staffordshire said they were treating a fire involving 150 bales of hay as deliberate (Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service)
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Fire crews and police from Staffordshire said they were treating a fire involving 150 bales of hay as deliberate (Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service)

Police have launched an investigation after over 100 bales of hay were ‘deliberately' set on fire at a Staffordshire farm. Staffordshire Fire and Rescue said it extinguished a fire involving 150 bales...

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