Line of cars, wheelie bins and bikes gutted in Hove fire

10:28am Thursday 6th December 2012 in News By Anna Roberts, Crime reporter

Line of cars, wheelie bins and bikes gutted in Hove fire Line of cars, wheelie bins and bikes gutted in Hove fire

Seven cars, two communal wheelie bins and a couple of bike were destroyed in a fire in Hove this morning.

The cause of the fire in Connaught Road is currently unknown but police and firefighters are at the scene.

Witnesses said they woke up to hear loud bangs and when they rushed outside they were stunned to see a line of cars on fire.

The Argus spoke to people who had lost their cars.

For the full story see tomorrow’s Argus.

Comments(18)

Crystal Ball says...
10:49am Thu 6 Dec 12

Must have been the Firestarter, twisted Firestarter.

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baron Von Skidmark says...
10:53am Thu 6 Dec 12

Line of cars, wheelie bins and bikes gutted in Hove fire........gutted..
...I'd be well fecked off !!

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brightonmike2011 says...
10:55am Thu 6 Dec 12

Really feel for the car owners. I know if this happened to my car I'd be angry beyond comprehension.

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Telscombe Cliffy says...
11:49am Thu 6 Dec 12

Don't put hot ashes in bins.

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FC says...
12:11pm Thu 6 Dec 12

I feel like this part of Hove is always in the news for something bad...

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funkyyoyo says...
1:02pm Thu 6 Dec 12

i feel sorry for the wheelie bins,where will residents now put there rubbish!!!

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davyboy says...
1:40pm Thu 6 Dec 12

judging by the picture, i would deduce that it was arson. someone must have set fire to the cars, because the nearby building is not damaged

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baron Von Skidmark says...
1:49pm Thu 6 Dec 12

Telscombe Cliffy wrote:
Don't put hot ashes in bins.
Or in cars ...?

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vogon1 says...
4:50pm Thu 6 Dec 12

No doubt the traffic Nazis will be along to put a penalty charge notice on each smouldering wreck

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sbenge says...
8:33pm Thu 6 Dec 12

You joke? It was terrifying, huge and shocking in speed of spread and intensity. Whoever did this should hang their head in shame. Thank you to the Fire Brigade – we were all okay thanks to you.

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Cliff Huxtable says...
9:02pm Thu 6 Dec 12

"The Argus spoke to people who had lost their cars" and pointed them towards the smouldering wrecks? I hope they also spoke to the owners of "a couple of bike" WTF?

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magoo says...
10:54pm Thu 6 Dec 12

This happened in my road and to my car a few years ago. There is a serial arsonist in the area it seems.

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Dirk Von Roden says...
4:14am Fri 7 Dec 12

is it a jealousy thing? now some poor folk are going to have a rubbish Christmas all because of some twisted idiot! have they not thought that the cars could be owned by a disabled person or a DR? what about someone on a low wage or even benefits looking for a job? now the police "WILL" find the culprit/sthe CPS or the Magistrates will give them a slapped wrist ! Then the Police will be blamed for not doing their jobs right! Well I offer my sympathies to those affected and hope the Judicial system actually works this time!!

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Joshiman says...
9:23am Fri 7 Dec 12

Five years minimum with no parole.Zero tolerance.

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Roundbill says...
1:25pm Fri 7 Dec 12

magoo wrote:
This happened in my road and to my car a few years ago. There is a serial arsonist in the area it seems.
Two incidents in several years is hardly a serial.

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thevoiceoftruth says...
1:50pm Fri 7 Dec 12

Probably someone set fire to a communal bin rather than one of the cars. Happens a lot and if it was placed close to a parked car - boom. Sorry for those involved and hope they find the idiot/s that did it. Someone set fire to the paper recycling bin where I used to live and luckily the fire brigade were there 5 mins after I rang them or I reckon quite a few cars would have been destroyed.

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Dirk Von Roden says...
7:26am Sun 9 Dec 12

see how catching this "Jumping to conclusions is ?? Even I have done it! the latest is it was an electrical fire!!

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Resident in Hanover says...
8:49pm Thu 20 Dec 12

Telscombe Cliffy wrote:
Don't put hot ashes in bins.
I live in Hanover and I have these smelly bins right outside my front door.

If these had been burnt, I would not be writing this now.

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