No arrests over arson attack which destroyed Sheffield home
A deliberate grass fire spread into a garden before reaching nearby homes
Police are yet to arrest anyone over an arson attack which destroyed a Sheffield home.
Firefighters were called to Harthill Road, Woodthorpe, after a blaze broke out at around 1.40pm on Wednesday (August 6).
Photos captured smoke billowing as flames engulfed the roof of a house. Neighbouring homes were also affected.
South Yorkshire Police is investigating the case as arson with reports of teenagers starting grass fires in nearby Woodthorpe Ravine.
The flames burned out of control on the dried out park before spreading to a hedge and a nearby home’s guttering.
Today, nearly 48 hours after the fire, South Yorkshire Police confirmed the force is yet to arrest anyone over the fire.
It is among a number of fires to have hit the city’s green spaces recently, but few have had such disastrous consequences.
There have been fires in Graves Park, on a green space next to Wensley Street in Wincobank, as well as in Grenoside Woods and woods in Hackenthorpe.
A significant fire broke out at the old ski village site in the city on Wednesday, August 5.
Most parts of England and Wales are now at very high or exceptional risk of wildfires becoming severe, according to a Met Office fire severity index.