10:10am Saturday 13th March 2010
By James Colasanti
A CAR was set alight in a suspected arson attack.
The blaze started in a Citroen Saxo and spread to a Ford Fiesta which was parked outside a block of flats it in Woodstock Crescent, Laindon.
Both the cars were gutted by the fire which started at about 4.30am on Saturday (March 13).
A fire crew from Basildon was called and spent about 45 minutes tackling the fire.
Sub officer Bryan Mansfield, from Basildon Fire Station, said: “Our crews used breathing apparatus and two hose reels to extinguish the fire and stop it spreading to nearby flats.”
He added: It s being treated as suspicious and there will be a police investigation.”
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