Two cars and taxi set alight
Date published: 21 August 2013
POLICE are investigating after two cars and a taxi were deliberately set alight in separate attacks in Oldham overnight.
The first incident occurred shortly after 9pm with crews from Oldham attending Acre Lane, Derker, where a Citroen Saxo was on fire.
The blaze burned through the handbrake which caused the car to roll into a nearby industrial unit.
A taxi on Oldham Road, Failsworth, was also targeted in a suspected arson attack shortly after 1am.
Firefighters from Hollins were called to the fire, which had been started while the driver had returned to the office outside the taxi rank.
The taxi was badly damaged and police are currently investigating.
Finally, a Range Rover parked on Stoneswood Road, Delph, was also set alight at 4am.
No-one was injured in any of the attacks and it is not believed that the incidents are connected.
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