AN arsonist is being hunted by police after three separate attacks in the same area of Teignbridge in a 30-hour period.

Detectives working on the case believe the Teignbridge blazes are linked to several similar offences in the Torquay area in the last month.

The fireraiser's latest strike was in the early hours of New Year's Day when a stable block was torched in Pitland Lane, Daccombe.

Two fire crews from Torquay tackled the blaze just an hour into 2013.

They arrived to find the building, used as an outside store, well alight.