Police want help in tracking down an arsonist who struck at a Huddersfield firm.

The firebug set fire to an excavator (above) which was parked up at Hunter Group’s waste site premises in Queen’s Mill Road, Lockwood.

The fire wrecked the machine and also melted telephone cables running across the site.

Pc Paul Simpkins said: ”The incident happened overnight on October 31. We would appreciate any information about this incident”.

Police can be contacted via 101.

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