Boy, 13, faces arson charge after Melbourn blaze
Published:
10:07 AM July 31, 2008
Updated:
2:33 AM February 23, 2021
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy has been charged with arson following a fire on Saturday. Two fire crews from Cambridge and Royston were called to Olloway Farm in Melbourn, where a field containing three acres of stubble and 60 tonnes of baled crops was on fire. Fire-f
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy has been charged with arson following a fire on Saturday.
Two fire crews from Cambridge and Royston were called to Olloway Farm in Melbourn, where a field containing three acres of stubble and 60 tonnes of baled crops was on fire.
Fire-fighters spent about two hours using beaters to bring the flames under control.
The teenager will appear before Cambridge Youth Court on August 13.
A 12-year-old boy was also arrested but was released without charge.
