A DERELICT house behind one of Barnsley’s oldest buildings was deliberately set on fire.
Fire crews found the top floor of the house behind Boccelli’s restaurant, on Grange Lane at Cundy Cross, well alight when they were called out on Saturday night.
The firefighters from Barnsley, Cudworth, Tankersley and Dearne spent four hours tackling the blaze, leaving at midnight.
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