Girls on arson charge
Date published: 01 October 2012
TWO teenage girls accused of starting a million-pound fire in Royton are to appear at Manchester Crown Court.
The girls, aged 12 and 14, did not enter pleas when they appeared before Oldham Magistrates’ Court on Friday. They face a committal hearing at the Oldham court on November 9.
Fire crews were called to a warehouse in Meek Street, off Higginshaw Lane, at 3pm on May 12. Sixty firefighters battled the flames. The warehouse contained carpets, plastics, vinyls and foam.
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