Seventy-five arson attacks on council's buildings
9:30am Tuesday 14th October 2008
THERE were 75 different arson attacks on Hampshire County Council’s 7,000 buildings during the period 2007/08.
This includes two fires which cost more than £75,000 to fix.
Council officers want the county to maintain a partnership with Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service to tackle the problem, which has cost an annual average of £2.5million over the past four years.
Vandalism cost the council £1.1m on average annually to deal with over the same period.
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