Arson fear at farm fire

Tons of hay and animals' winter feed worth thousands of pounds were destroyed when fire broke out at a Black Country farm. Tons of hay and animals' winter feed worth thousands of pounds were destroyed when fire broke out at a Black Country farm. The blaze took hold at Forge Mill Farm in West Bromwich late on Saturday night and raged into the early hours of yesterday. It comes less than six months after arsonists struck a cowshed and a nearby barn injuring around a dozen calves. However, no animals were injured in the latest incident to hit the attraction, which is also a working dairy farm. Firefighters from across the Black Country and Birmingham were called to the blaze at around 11.20pm on Saturday and a handful remained damping down with water pumped from the nearby River Tame until well into yesterday afternoon. Watch Commander Adrian Cherry, of Wednesbury Fire Station, said the cause of the blaze was suspicious. Read the full story in the Express & Star.