A FIRE in a wheelie bin outside a home in Whitecross is being treated as suspicious.

There was a police presence in Montgomery Street in Hereford yesterday morning.

Police tape was put around a house and there was a police officer stood outside.

Police sergeant Frank Real said: “We were called to Montgomery Street on Thursday, May 31 at 5:39am.

"There was a wheelie bin on fire outside of the front of the property. We are treating the fire as suspicious with enquiries still ongoing.”

The fire service was in attendance.