Rad­hi­ca Sookraj

Ar­son­ists fire­bombed two 20-foot con­tain­ers which were parked close to the aban­doned Usine Ste Madeleine sug­ar fac­to­ry on Sun­day night.

Up to late last night of­fi­cers were un­able to say who owned the con­tain­ers. Ac­cord­ing to po­lice a se­cu­ri­ty of­fi­cer, em­ployed at the site, called po­lice to say the con­tain­ers were on fire.

A team of of­fi­cers from the Mon Re­pos Fire Head­quar­ters vis­it­ed the scene and ex­tin­guished the blaze. The con­tain­ers were emp­ty. Since the clo­sure of the sug­ar in­dus­try in 2003, part of the fac­to­ry has been used to re­fine sug­ar.

How­ev­er, ear­li­er this year op­er­a­tions stopped. Part of the site is now be­ing used to house derelict po­lice ve­hi­cles. In­ves­ti­ga­tors said they are at­tempt­ing to trace the own­ers of the con­tain­ers to as­cer­tain loss­es.