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Arsonists start Wisbech car fire

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Andrew Papworth

Published: 8:23 AM August 3, 2010    Updated: 6:16 AM November 4, 2020

ARSONISTS set a car ablaze in Wisbech.

The vehicle in King Street went up in flames at 2.57am today (Tuesday, August 3).

Fire fighters extinguished the blaze by 3.24am.

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