POLICE are investigating a suspected arson attack on a plant hire company in Leigh.
Fire crews were called to a yard of O'Connel's Plant Hire in Westleigh Lane, Leigh, at 8pm on Saturday. They battled for two hours to contain the blaze, which started inside a lock-up garage on the site.
Crews managed to stop the fire from spreading to garages nearby which contained expensive plant hire equipment.
A brigade spokesman said the attack was being treated as suspicious by the police.
He said the cause of the blaze, which gutted the garage, was under investigation.
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