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Arson suspected after Lizard Peninsula gorse fire

Mullion Community Fire Station A firefighter with a headtorch using a tool to tackle a gorse fire at night. Mullion Community Fire Station
Fire crews extinguished a separate gorse fire on the Lizard Peninsula on 20 January

A seven-hectare gorse fire in Cornwall was believed to be an arson attack, firefighters have said.

Fire crews from St Keverne and Mullion were mobilised to an area of high gorse on fire in the Main Dale area of St Keverne, on the Lizard, at 20:36 GMT on Wednesday.

Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service said the details of the suspected arson had been passed to police.

Fire crews have tackled three other gorse fire incidents nearby since the start of 2025, on 20 January, 12 February and 3 March.

Mullion Community Fire Station Three firefighters walking towards a blaze in the dark. Their uniforms are being lit by the flash of a camera. Mullion Community Fire Station
Wednesday's fire was burning on three fronts before crews extinguished it

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