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Fire also badly damaged the rear of a caravan parked next to the one targeted by arsonists<\/p>\nA CARAVAN parked in Fishponds has been burned out in a suspected arson attack.<\/p>\n
The vehicle was one of dozens parked alongside Goodneston Road alongside the former Graphic Packaging International factory, which has been demolished to make way for housing.<\/p>\n
Police say they were called along with firefighters at about 5.40pm yesterday.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson said no-one was in the caravan at the time of the fire, which also caused extensive damage to the back of another caravan parked next to it.<\/p>\n
The spokesperson added: \u201cNobody was physically harmed in the incident, and we suspect the fire was started deliberately.<\/p>\n
\u201cA cordon remains in place, and CCTV and house-to-house enquiries have been carried out, and crime scene investigators have attended, while investigations continue.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fire also badly damaged the rear of a caravan parked next to the one targeted by arsonists<\/p>\n
Police neighbourhood inspector Richard Jones said: \u201cWe are aware of recent incidents on this stretch of road, and we are now working with partner agencies to improve the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile we are not linking this incident to others recently, reassurance patrols will be carried out, and we are now appealing for witnesses and anybody with information to come forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anyone with information about the incident should call 101 and quote the crime reference number 5226 003 914.<\/p>\n
Call for video footage<\/p>\n
Police are particularly keen to hear from anyone who has CCTV, dashcam, or doorbell footage from immediately before and after the incident.<\/p>\n
Information can also be passed anonymously to Crimestoppers, on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n
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Gas cylinders seared by the fire could be seen among the remains of the damaged caravan<\/p>\n
About 30 vans and caravans used as homes have been in Goodneston Road since last summer, although a smaller number had parked in the road for some years before that.<\/p>\n
Today some of the vans which arrived last summer had gone.<\/p>\n
More than 100 complaints have been made on the council\u2019s Fix My Street website about problems including human waste, fly-tipping, syringes and abandoned caravans in Goodneston Road.<\/p>\n
Most blamed the van dwellers, with some people also reporting antisocial behaviour and drug dealing on the road.<\/p>\n
However, one complaint about fly-tipping was made by someone who lives in a caravan, who said people from neighbouring roads were \u201cdumping their waste here to make us look bad\u201d.<\/p>\n
Hillfields ward councillors Ellie King and Kelvin Blake have called on the city council to start legal moves to remove the caravans and vans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A CARAVAN parked in Fishponds has been burned out in a suspected arson attack. The vehicle was one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[14616,112263,381,748,133973,188,393,12716,159038,206036,4884,529,16,15,21962],"class_list":{"0":"post-678752","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-arson","9":"tag-atlas-place","10":"tag-bristol","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-caravans","13":"tag-crime","14":"tag-england","15":"tag-fishponds","16":"tag-goodneston-road","17":"tag-graphic-packaging-international","18":"tag-great-britain","19":"tag-police","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-kingdom","22":"tag-van-dwellers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115850902723682290","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}