A man has been charged with arson after a fire outside Crawley Police Station.
Emergency services arrived at the incident on Northgate Avenue at around 8.10pm last Saturday (Oct 1).
The fire was quickly put out and no one was injured.
Police established that it had been started deliberately and carried out a search of the area.
On Monday (October 3), officers arrested Julian Byrne, 30, a roundsman, of Shepherd Close, Crawley on suspicion of arson and using threatening / abusive / insulting words / behaviour to cause harassment / alarm / distress.
He was subsequently charged and appeared before Crawley Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (October 4), where he was remanded in custody until the next hearing on November 1.