Police investigating huge blaze at Cambridgeshire industrial unit as arson

Eaton Socon industrial unit fire.
Credit: Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service
Flames and smoke could be seen from several miles away. Credit: Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service

Police are treating a fire which broke out at an industrial unit before dawn as arson.

Firefighters from Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire fire and rescue services were called to the blaze in Eaton Socon in Cambridgeshire at 5.50am.

A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire police said there have been no injuries and an investigation was continuing.

Flames and smoke could be seen from several miles away.

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said its response has scaled down, and only one crew remains in attendance.

Crews will be reinspecting the area for hotspots over the coming days.

Earlier the service said people living nearby should keep doors and windows closed and also asked on social media for people to avoid the area.

Cambridgeshire Crews from St Neots, Cambourne, Huntingdon, Kimbolton, Chatteris, Sawston, and Cambridge attended, as well as Bedfordshire crews from Bedford, Kempston and Sandy stations.

The flames could be seen from a nearby housing estate. Credit: Russell Bowyer
The flames had been extinguished by 10.30am. Credit: ITV News Anglia

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