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Steve
PostPosted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 18:26 
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shropshirestar wrote:

Telford speed camera set on fire

A Telford speed camera – the first to be erected in Shropshire – has been set on fire by arsonists for the fourth time since it was installed.

Vandals who threw a tyre doused in petrol over the top of the camera in Bennetts Bank, Wellington, Telford, in the early hours of today before setting it alight were branded “highly irresponsible” by road safety chiefs.

West Mercia Safer Roads Partnership spokeswoman Vicki Bristow said officers were still assessing the damage to the camera this morning and did not, as yet, know whether film inside had been destroyed.

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botach
PostPosted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 22:22 
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Now -that's strange -camera set on fire -makes news( can't find my post and pics) - camera blows up and self ignites -played down - or could it be that it's something they don't want broadcast . :D

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graball
PostPosted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 23:32 
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They reckon it's the fourth time and I remember someone cutting it down with an angle grinder one year... ;-)
Wasn't me...honest..;-)

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