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Eight Andover teenagers arrested following fire in derelict town centre building
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Eight teenage boys from Andover have been arrested following a fire at a derelict building on Andover's High Street. Fire crews from Hampshire and Dorset & Wiltshire spent about four hours extinguishing the blaze, which involved debris between the ground and first floors. The suspects, aged between 13 and 16, remain in police custody facing various charges including arson and obstructing a constable.
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- Eight teenage boys aged 13 to 16 from Andover were arrested following a derelict building fire on Andover's High Street.
- Fire crews from Hampshire and Dorset & Wiltshire took about four hours to extinguish the blaze.
- Two boys, aged 14 and 15, were arrested on suspicion of arson.
- Five boys were arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life.
- One 14-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of obstructing or resisting a constable in the execution of duty.