ARSONISTS are believed to be responsible for two bin fires in Felixstowe last night.

East Anglian Daily Times: The area inside the Sea Road toilets where a wall bin was destroyed by fire - police believe it was arson.The area inside the Sea Road toilets where a wall bin was destroyed by fire - police believe it was arson. (Image: Archant)

One fire crew from Felixstowe was mobilised to Langley Avenue at 7.54pm yesterday where they discovered a rubbish fire.

Firefighters used hose reels to extinguish the blaze and it was brought under control by 8.05pm.

Two crews from Felixstowe were then called out to a bin fire in toilets in Sea Road at 8.50pm.

On arrival, the crews discovered a small fire inside the toilet block, which was extinguished by 9.05pm.

The wall bin in the men’s toilets was completely destroyed, but there was no structural damage to the building alongside the promenade, opposite the Sunday market site.

A spokesman for Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service said it is believed both fires were started deliberately.

Last month there were a spate of bin fires in the Trimley villages. On one evening three wheelie bins were damaged in High Road in two separate incdients, and another in a car park at the back of flats at St Martins Green, which then spread to a blue BMW, and caused damage to a rear fence and a lean-to garage.