Fire and Theft
In Woking a tyre outlet became the target of an arson attack early on Monday April 16. The fire, lit in front of Hi-Q Tyre Services destroyed a Peugeot motor scooter and a Rover car parked in the forecourt, and a company sign was also damaged.
The fire was extinguished by firefighters at 3.30am. An estimated £1,300 damage was inflicted on the vehicles. The fire is believed to be connected to activities in a neighbouring alleyway that is used by youths selling and taking drugs. Hi-Q manager Ian Cameron told a local newspaper, the Woking News and Mail, that “I would imagine it is the kids that hang around in the alleyway there. We have problems with all the drug-taking that is going on there.”
Mr Cameron, who owned the destroyed scooter, believes the arsonists set fire to a protective cover placed over the scooter and the fire spread from there to the Rover parked alongside. The Rover belonged to a Hi-Q customer.