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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Barney Davis

FOUND: Children evacuated from football pitch after fire breaks out in suspected arson attack - You Need To See This

Brave parents move play equipment way from the inferno at Halisham Football Club - (Hailsham Cricket Club)

Dozens of young footballers were evacuated after a fire swept through their training pitch in Sussex, with the blaze being treated as a suspected arson attack.

Two lines of trees at Hailsham Town Football Club’s recreation ground were engulfed in flames on Tuesday night. The blaze spread to a stand where children had been sitting after a training session.

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