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Investigations underway after jerry can set alight in takeaway shop in Lowood

November 27, 2025 9:34 am in by
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Police are treating a fire at a Somerset takeaway shop as ‘suspicious’.

Emergency service were called to the business on Walters Street at Lowood after a person allegedly set a jerry can alight and placed it at the front of the store at around 1:30 this morning.

Firefighters managed to extinguish the fire before any major damage was caused to the premises.

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No one was injured.

A crime scene has been declared, and investigations are continuing.

Anyone with information to Crime Stoppers.

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