A third fire in a week has taken place at a popular Birmingham beauty spot with fears the latest blaze was started deliberately.
The fire took hold in Sutton Park in Sutton Coldfield tonight, Tuesday, May 6, by the model aircraft field.
Around an acre of ‘coarse ground’ was well alight with West Midlands Fire Service receiving several calls to the incident.
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A witness at the scene, William Bowler, said: “The fire lasted for around 15 minutes before the fire brigade arrived to put it out.
“Many of the people I was speaking to as well as my brother said he saw multiple young men or boys leaving the area on scooters.
“They believe they started this fire but I cannot be sure.”
West Midlands Fire Service sent one crew from Sutton Coldfield to the scene.
Onlookers watch as a big plume of smoke rises from a fire in Sutton Park in Sutton Coldfield -Credit:William Bowler
A spokeswoman for the service said: “We received three calls to the incident the first at 5.34pm.
“One acre of coarse ground was well alight.
“Fire officers used one hose reel jet to extinguish the fire.
“We have no information on how the fire started. We left the scene at 6.24pm.”
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It followed two blazes in Sutton Park last week.
The first took place near Banners Gate on the evening of Wednesday, April 30 with the fire service called to tackle it.
Then on Friday, May 2, some four fire crews with around 20 firefighters were called to tackle a fire in woodland along a path from the Banners Gate car park at around 5.30pm.
Two crews from Perry Barr, one from Erdington and another from Ward End attended, along with a drone operator.
Officers used three hose reel jets to put the fire out.