Police continue to investigate 'suspicious' fire in Bognor Regis town centre
An investigation is continuing after a 'suspicious' fire in Bognor Regis town centre.
Sussex Police said the emergency services were called to London Road, around 8.10pm on Friday (December 5), amid a ‘report of a fire’.
Firefighters spent hours tackling a blaze in the vicinity of Superdrug and Bonmarche.
Emergency services believe the fire was ‘started deliberately’.
A Sussex Police social media appeal – on Tuesday, December 9 – read: “Can you help? We are appealing for information after a suspicious fire in Bognor?
“The incident happened at a first floor premises in London Road, above the Bon Marche store, on Friday, 5 December.
“Emergency services responded to a fire which is believed to have been started deliberately.
“Officers are keen to trace witnesses or anyone with information, in particular anyone who saw something suspicious in the area from 7pm to 9pm.”
Information can be reported to Sussex Police online, or by calling 101, quoting serial 1322 of 05/12.