by Tom Walsh
Two “particularly dangerous” caravan fires near Basildon are not being investigated by Essex Police.
The mobile homes had been packed with rubbish and then went up in flames causing the closure of a nearby road, the Basildon Echo reports.
Fire crews were called out to tackle the blazes on 16 and 28 February, which they described as being dangerous and they have been treating as an arson attack.
But Essex Police do not share the same opinion. Officers stated that there are no grounds to investigate the fires and hence they will not open any lines of inquiries.
A police spokesman told the news provider: “There is no evidence to suggest the caravan fires were started criminally, as they could have been set alight by their owners.”
Due to the proximity of the incidents to a number of main roads, the fires were deemed to be dangerous but not enough for the police to consider them as criminal acts.
