A fire started at the rec on Castletown could have had serious consequences if it hadn’t been caught in time by police officers.
Officers from the Eden Neighbourhood Policing Team were patrolling hotspot areas when they came across the fire.
The fire had two aerosol cans of de-icer either side of it, which would have exploded if the fire had taken hold.
Two youths ran off on seeing the police van.
Eden police said: “The fire service were called and extinguished the fire making the area safe for residents. This incident could have caused serious injury or damage had the aerosols exploded.”
