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Discarded cigarette at fault for 'out of control' fire near Dorset nature reserve

Officers said they received a report that a man was seen throwing a cigarette in a farmer's field

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Weymouth and Portland police said the fire was started on Friday (June 9) at 1.35pm near the Lorton Meadows Conservation Centre and Nature Reserve
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Weymouth and Portland police said the fire was started on Friday (June 9) at 1.35pm near the Lorton Meadows Conservation Centre and Nature Reserve

Police are investigating a fire which got ‘out of control' on a farmer's field and is believed to have been caused by a discarded cigarette in Dorset. Weymouth and Portland police said the fire was...

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