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Police investigate series of deliberate fires in Fife

News imageFife Jammer Locations A plume of white smoke coming off a glowing orange ball in the background.Fife Jammer Locations
Part of Buckhaven was also set ablaze

Police in Fife are investigating a series of deliberate fires on Wednesday evening.

Fire crews in Methil were called to a blaze on Wellesley Road at 18:35, a colliery bing on Sea Road at 20:50, then a third incident on Rising Sun Road in Buckhaven at 21:00.

Police Scotland said inquiries were ongoing to "establish whether the fires were linked".

Sgt Craig Fyall said: "While there are no reported injuries, this had an impact on the community and the outcome could have been much more devasting."

News imageFife Jammer Locations A fire at a colliery bing in Methil. The flames are orange with a plume of dark grey smoke coming off it. Green shrubbery is in the foreground.Fife Jammer Locations
A bing in Methil was among those targeted in a series of deliberate fires

He asked anyone with CCTV or dashcam footage to come forward and share it with officers.

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