Volunteers at a pony rescue centre in Efford have been left shocked after a caravan based on the site was burned to the ground earlier this month.
The fire took place earlier this month (6 September), on the same day a new fundraising initiative was launched by the group, which works to save wild horses and Dartmoor ponies from slaughter.
According to a report from the Plymouth Herald, the tourer had been parked on the site near Newham Clay Works at the time of the incident.
As many as ten firefighters were required to deal with the blaze, which reportedly began at around 8.15pm.
Little was left of the caravan in the aftermath of the fire, and police officials remain mystified as to how or why the tourer was torched.
A Devon and Cornwall Police spokesperson said: “Enquiries are ongoing but if anyone has information we would urge them to contact us immediately.”
Fortunately no one was harmed in the fire, though it was a different story last month when a blaze aboard a caravan in East Surrey left a 30-year-old man with serious burns.
