Herts Police are investigating the possibility of a fire in Baldock was arson.

Officers believe a fire that destroyed a stable in Baldock over the weekend may have been started deliberately.

Police and fire crews attended Weston Way at 1040am on Sunday (April 7), in a bid to extinguish a fire in a wooden stable.

Herts Police confirmed the mysterious blaze may have been deliberate, saying: "Police were called by the fire service at around 1040am (on Sunday April 7), following reports a wooden stable was on fire in Weston Way, Baldock.

"It is the believed the fire may have been started deliberately and enquiries are continuing."

A Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson added: "We were called at 10.34am to reports of a fire in an outbuilding on Weston Way, Baldock.

"Two fire engines, from Letchworth & Baldock and Hitchin fire stations were sent to the scene, where crews found a stable building well alight, with the fire spreading to nearby trees and vegetation.

"Firefighters contained and extinguished the fire, which was all out by 1105am."

If you have any information about this incident you are asked to call the non-emergency number 101, quoting crime reference 41/27660/24.