TWO fires were deliberately started in Colwyn Bay on Wednesday evening.

North Wales Fire and Rescue Service said it sent one crew to a vehicle fire on Ellis Avenue just after 7.30pm. About 45 minutes later two large wheelie bins were set alight on Sea View Road, Colwyn.

A fire service spokesperson did not say the incidents are thought to be linked.

“We sent one crew from Colwyn Bay to Ellie Avenue after a small vehicle had been deliberately set on fire at about 7.34pm,” the spokesperson said.

“We then sent two crews from Colwyn Bay to Sea View Road after reports that two large wheelie bins were deliberately set on fire at about 7.34pm.

“Two hose reel jets were used to extinguish the fire.”

Nobody was harmed in the incidents.

If you have any information related to the incidents you should call police on 101.