Police Scotland officers in Annan are appealing for witnesses to an incident which happened at a house in Kimmeter Square in the town sometime between 2100 hours and 2300 hours on Tuesday 15 November 2016. Between these times a lit firework was placed through the letterbox of a house door. Fire and Rescue crews arrived at the house around 2300 hours, having been called by the householder on discovering the house full of smoke.
Constable Stewart Hunter at Annan said “this was a completely reckless thing to do and the consequences could have been catastrophic had the firework set fire to the house. We have reports of fireworks going off in the Kimmeter area around 2230/2300 hours and would ask anyone who has any knowledge of who is responsible for this to get in touch with us through the 101 number. Thankfully the firework did not set anything alight and no-one was injured in this incident. We are carrying out door to door enquiries into this crime in an effort to find out who was responsible.”
