Appeal after four farm vehicles worth more than £250k damaged in fire

We are appealing for information after four farm vehicles, worth more than £250,000, were damaged in a fire at a farm in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

We along with Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to a farm on Newcastle Road, Bloreheath, just before 12am on Monday (19 June).

On arrival, we found four farm vehicles, including two excavators, well-alight.

The fire was extinguished by fire crews and deemed to be caused deliberately.

Inquiries are ongoing.

Anyone with any information that could help with our investigation are asked to contact us through Live Chat on our website – www.staffordshire.police.uk, or by calling 101, quoting incident number 924 of 18 June.

To report anonymously, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.