A fire was started behind a York school last night (Tuesday).
Firefighters went to the incident at the rear of Fulford School at 5.54pm.
A North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service spokesperson said: “The York fire crew attended a small fire in the open reported by a member of the public.
“The caretaker had extinguished the fire prior to our arrival using an extinguisher. Crew inspected and the cause it thought to have been deliberate.