Investigation launched after device put through Bristol letterbox starts fire

Police say it was a pyrotechnic-style device

Author: Iona Stewart-RichardsonPublished 1st Dec 2022

An investigation's started after a man - who posted a device in a letterbox in Bristol - started a fire.

Minor damage was caused - when it happened in the Wootton Road area of St Annes on Tuesday 11th October.

The fire was extinguished by firefighters from Bedminster Fire Station.

The man in the image is described as mixed race, late teens or early twenties, and he was wearing a dark top, black tracksuit bottoms with a white Puma logo, and he was also carrying a bag.

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