Investigation after narrowboat blaze

9:22pm Sunday 17th June 2012 in News

AN empty narrowboat has been destroyed after a fire.

The Fire Service was called just after 1am to a boat on fire near Duke’s Cut, on the Oxford Canal, by the Wolvercote roundabout, in North Oxford.

Thames Valley Police is investigating the cause.

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Walton Manor Webmaster@oxford says...
9:33pm Sun 17 Jun 12

Probably to make a new mooring, the costs to boaters are just too much and this will make space for a new one. The said Narrowboat had been derelict for some time, a bit like an empty house.

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oafie says...
1:40pm Mon 18 Jun 12

Hmm wonder if that is the one that someone has been trying to rent out.

Insurance money...!

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oxconfused says...
2:49pm Mon 18 Jun 12

It was actually a hire boat awaiting recovery that was burnt out this weekened.

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