Police and fire crews have responded to a fire in Onchan started by youths over the weekend.

On Saturday evening, emergency services attended to a report of a fire in wasteland near the Triumph Group premises on School Road.

Fire crews extinguished the fire and the youths who started it are being questioned.

Police stated: ’Please ask yourself, where are your children and what are they doing?

’Incidents like this create additional work for emergency services and unnecessary stress for island residents.’