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Car '50 per cent destroyed' after latest Telford and Wrekin car fire

A car was "50 per cent destroyed" in the latest car fire in Telford and Wrekin.

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The blaze happened in the early hours of Monday in the Sleap area near Crudgington.

A Shropshire Fire and Rescue spokesman said: "At 1.54am on Monday, May 9, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting a car fire in Telford. One car alight and 50 per cent damaged by fire. Extinguished using two hose reel jets.

"One fire appliance was mobilised from Wellington."

It is not yet known whether the fire was accidental or started deliberately.

There has been a spate of car fires in Telford that began late last year and have carried on throughout 2022, most recently in the early hours of Sunday in Mossey Green, Ketley Bank.

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