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Since recording began in 1981, England’s fire and rescue services have attended more than a million deliberate vehicle fires, with nearly 8,500 incidents in 2020.
Hundreds of vehicles were torched by arsonists last year in deliberate attacks which put people s lives and safety at risk, fire service figures show
The number of arson attacks in Yorkshire fell slightly last year from the year before when there were 1,774, the figures show, which was likely down to the UK lockdown resulting in lower crime figures generally.
Across Yorkshire s four fire and rescue departments, West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service were called to 718 deliberately-started vehicle fires last year, while South Yorkshire Fire were called to 673.
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Fire service condemns mindless incidents in plea to the public MORE than 40 vehicles were torched deliberately across North Yorkshire in a year, fire service figures show. Over the course of a decade, fire crews in the area were called out to over 600 deliberate vehicle fires - 48 of them took place during 2020. Arsonists torching vehicles are putting lives at risk and taking up time and resources from already stretched services, according to the Fire Brigades Union and the National Fire Chiefs Council. Since recording began in 1981, England’s fire and rescue services have attended more than a million deliberate vehicle fires, with nearly 8,500 incidents country-wide in 2020.