'Gypsies' pitch up with 'at least 40 vehicles' at Stevenage site - Hertfordshire

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“Gypsies” have pitched up at a Stevenage site close to the town centre, bringing “at least 40 vehicles” with them.

An eyewitness at the scene said the group had lit a large bonfire in the car park at the former Fujitsu office in King’s Road, which two fire engines had to extinguish.

Police have confirmed more than 15 caravans have pitched up outside the empty office building in Stevenage, where the caravans are believed to have arrived as long as two weeks ago.

Though they are monitoring activity at the site, police say they are unable to move the caravans on from the car park of the building until its owners ask the occupiers to leave.

While the owners of the site have been informed, they are understood not yet to have requested the group to move.

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