ARSONISTS started a fire in the open in Wennington.

A crew from Huntingdon attended the incident on a verge by the roadside in The Butts at 6pm on Tuesday (February 12).

Firefighters used hose reels to extinguish the fire and returned to their station by 6.40pm.

A spokesman for Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue confirmed the cause of the fire was deliberate. Anyone with information should call Cambridgeshire police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.