A fire which destroyed three vehicles at a garage in Teesside is being treated as arson.

An investigation is underway following the fire which happened sometime overnight between Friday and Saturday.

It started between 11.50pm on Friday night (15th July) and 00.02am on Saturday (16th July) at a garage/valeting centre on Stockton Road, the A689, in Hartlepool.

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Police are treating the incident as arson. 

Officers investigating it are appealing for any information/dash cam or CCTV footage.

Cleveland Police is asking anyone who can help to call the 101 number, quoting ref 123439.

If you do not want to speak to police, you can pass information anonymously to independent charity Crimestoppers online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org or by phoning 0800 555 111.

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