Firefighters called to derelict church blaze

Firefighters spent over an hour at a church in Brookway, Whipton today after reports the derelict building was on fire.

Reports of the fire, at The Old Church, came in at 3.37am with two appliances from Middlemoor and Danes Castle being deployed to the scene.

Upon arrival crews immediately asked for two more fire fighting appliances and an aerial appliance to assist in extinguishing the fire which was well alight.

The incident is believed to be deliberate and not, as reported earlier, caused by the use of hot metal cutting equipment.