PART-TIME Malvern Gazette photographer Brian Metcalf performed a citizen's arrest on a suspected arsonist
Mr Metcalf heard three explosions at around 1am on Tuesday and rushed out of his home to find out what was going on.
He found a man smoking a cigarette only yards from two burning cars behind Malvern Fire Station.
Mr Metcalf arrested and detained the man until police and the fire service arrived, but he was critical of the police response time.
"We had to wait 30 minutes for the police to come from Droitwich," he said.
The man, believed to be from Wales, was arrested for arson and bailed pending further enquiries.
The fire service put out the fire in the two cars.
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