(London) M1 fire: police question five teenagers over scrapyard blaze

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Source: The Guardian

Police have arrested five teenage boys in connection with a fire in a scrap metal yard beneath the M1 in north London which forced the closure of the motorway for several days.

The boys, aged between 14 and 17, were arrested on Wednesday morning in Barnet and Harrow, London, the Metropolitan police said.

They were being questioned about the fire that severely damaged the raised section of the M1 on 15 April and about two other fires at the nearby Moat Mount Open Space between 14 and 16 April.

Detective Chief Inspector Mark Roycroft said: "Although we are pursuing a number of active leads into these fires we would still ask that anyone who has any information about these crimes contact Barnet police."

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