THE emergency services have been called to a reported caravan fire in Newport.
The blaze, which was captured on video, happened on Mallard Way in Duffryn at around 11.15pm on Friday, 28 July.
A crew from Duffryn Fire Station attended the scene and extinguished the blaze.
A stop message was received by the fire service at approximately 11.48pm and nobody was injured, according to the police.
The forces enquiries into the fire are ‘ongoing.’
A spokesperson for Gwent Police said: “We got a call at about 11.15pm on Friday 28 July reporting a caravan on fire on Mallard Way in the Duffryn area of Newport.
“Nobody was injured, enquiries are ongoing.”
Sarah Lewis, a local, said the fires are not a “rare occurrence.”
Ms Lewis said: “It's not a rare occurrence, there is rubbish being set fire to inside and on the border of the woodland often, and it's only going to get worse with the 3-weekly collection.”
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