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Fire started in St Albans park

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Laura Roberts

Published: 10:39 AM November 2, 2011
Updated: 2:45 PM November 1, 2020

A CHILDREN’S slide was deliberately set alight this morning.

A crew from St Albans Fire Station were called to the fire in a Longacres park, just off Oakdene Way, at around 7am.

They used a hose reel to extinguish the flames, which took just over thirty minutes to bring under control.

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