Car set ablaze in Chelmsley Wood street

EMERGENCY RESPONSE: Fire crews dowse the flames.
Picture/Sheldon Fire Station

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a Chelmsley Wood cul-de-sac after a car was set alight right next to an open gas main.
The vehicle is believed to have been torched by arsonists in Cornfield Croft - just off Yorkminster Drive - yesterday evening (Tuesday).
The alarm was raised at around 10.30pm, with eight firefighters from Sheldon Fire Station arriving to douse the blaze.
Fortunately no-one was injured in the incident, although the car's proximity to the gas main meant that the flames could well have triggered an explosion if circumstances had been slightly different.
If you have any information about the fire call Solihull Police on 101.