Police have cordoned off an area with apparent burn damage following a fire at a recreation ground.

An area of woodland in the corner of Carterton Recreation Ground has been taped off.

Emergency services were called just before 8pm on Saturday, March 31 to reports of a portacabin on fire.

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An eyewitness told the Oxford Mail there was still a police presence on the adjacent Arkell Avenue and Lawton Avenue the next morning.

A 16-year-old boy from Carterton has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life.

An investigation is ongoing.