VT, I have no idea and don't have the information to surmise. If this fire was started deliberately then the perpetrators deserve utter condemnation. If it was an accident, the company needs to be investigated and, if found negligent, subjected to the powers of the law. Close to where I used to lived the Croda factory regularly exploded and it was never deliberate.

What I'm condemning is those (not you, I hasten to add) who have made an incontinent and reactionary response without even bothering to check the facts. It's this unthinking attitude that makes them prime fodder for far-right groups whose names I'm not allowed to mention and who, let's face it, pose a danger to any law-abiding citizens who they set their hate-sights on.

"Who has not personally known at least one pyromaniac" Well, me for a start.