Fire crews called to two bin fires within two hours
FIRE crews were called to Mount Pleasant twice last night after bins were set ablaze.
The fires were set in the communal rubbish area below a black of flats.
The first fire was set at around 11pm on Friday, March 25, with second taking hold at around 12.30 the next morning.
A spokesman for Thames Valley Police said: "We were called at 12.30am to reports of a bin fire in Mount Pleasant.
"We were called by the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service who were attending.
"There have been a couple of other incidents recently and we are investigating. We believe it to be arson."
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