Three major fires in Oxfordshire – suspected to be arson attacks with gas canisters

#oxfordshire #gascanisters #arsonattacks There were three major fires that broke out in South Oxfordshire – these were in the council offices, a cottage and a funeral parlor in Wallingford. Fire fighters suspect these to be arson attacks early in the morning. It seems a car had crashed into the offices before the fire started.
As reported by Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, as many as 27 fire crews were at the scene to tackle the blazes which occurred within minutes of one another. A 47-year-old man has, apparently, been arrested on suspicion of arson in connection with the three fires and is currently in police custody.
The miscreants who started the fire must have broken the window in the front door, popped the cap off a gas canister and threw a match in there.
The funeral parlor was next to the building of the Council offices and it is possible that the parlor was set on fire by mistake since whoever set it on fire believed the parlor to be a part of the council. There are fears that plenty of documents and records would have been lost in the fire.
This has been confirmed by the South Oxfordshire District Council who have admitted that most of its services have been affected by the fire at its office in the village of Cowmarsh Gifford and have raised concerns about the volume of data that may have been lost in the blaze.