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Arsonist blamed as barn destroyed
Thursday 4th March 2010, 1:00PM GMT.
The landowner said a couple of his farm workers had witnessed the whole incident.
He said: “I had a couple of lads working in the field opposite. They saw a man pull up in his car and jump over the gate into the field.”
He said the man approached the barn and then ran off again, jumping the gate and driving off. He looked back at the barn and it was on fire.
“It’s just such a totally pointless thing to do. There are half-a-dozen firefighters here who will probably be here for the next 48 hours sorting it out when they could be needed somewhere else to save someone’s life.
“The police are obviously investigating too but I am sure they have other things they could be doing too.
“It’s absolutely futile and it had an impact on a lot of other people too with the closure of the road.”
Anyone who may have seen anything or anyone acting suspiciously near the scene of the fire is asked to contact police on 0300 3333000.
By Brett Gibbons
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so this fire happened in Quatt, why mention it shut the a442 bridgnorth to telford road, any person would know that yes quatt is on the a442 but on the bridgnorth to kidderminster side not the bridgnorth to telford side
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For Ex Shropshire. Wow, you’re very picky! Not everyone knows every area in the county.
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