POLICE have been asked to investigate after a deliberate fire was started in a wooded area off Burtonwood Road, Warrington, last night.
At 21:36 one fire crew from Penketh attended reports of a fire in a wooded area off Burtonwood Road near Kingswood.
Firefighters used a water backpack to put out a deliberate fire believed to have been set by a group of young people. Police were informed.
Anyone with information should call 101.