FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze outside shops on Cardiff Road in Maesglas last night.
A crew from Duffryn attended the deliberately set refuse fire at 8.12pm.
In a separate incident, refuse was deliberately set on fire on Witham Street in Newport. A Maindee crew attended at 8.39pm.
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