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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

Chris Brayford
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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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