A pillar box was set alight in the Washwood Heath ward, apparently to destroy postal votes. |
Among the dead were seven people trapped in houses set alight when a firecracker ignited a stack of fireworks. |
It had been spotted by a member of the public after it was set alight and abandoned shortly before midnight on Wednesday. |
Petrol had been poured through the letterbox, said a spokesman for the fire service, and was then set alight. |
It was thought that a candle had fallen over and set alight the paperwork in an office in the garage. |
Years later he would confess among his past sins the desire to set alight the house with his mother and stepfather in it. |