An investigation has been launched after a motorbike was set alight in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Police and fire crews responded at about 5am yesterday after reports of a blaze at Vale Park playground, Portslade.
They discovered a moped-style motorbike bike on fire. The blaze damaged the Scout hut it was parked against.
A spokesman for Sussex Police said: “Enquiries alongside the fire service were unable to confirm the cause of the fire and the investigation has been filed pending any further reasonable lines of enquiry.”
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Guttering on the Scout hut was melted by the heat of the fire while scorch marks have ruined its wall.
A charred chassis is all that remains of the motorbike.
One person wrote on social media: “Thanks to the person that set fire to the bike in Vale Park.
“Could have burnt the Scout hut down.”
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service was contacted for comment.
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