Baby’s clothes are set alight after yobs launched a FIREWORK into its buggy from a passing car

A baby’s clothes were set on fire after yobs launched a firework into its buggy from a passing car. 

The shocking incident took place in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, at around 9am last Friday.

Although the baby’s clothes were burnt, the infant escaped unharmed.

Bedfordshire Police are now hunting the yobs who were travelling in a small hatchback.  

PC Sam Allen said: ‘We do not believe the child was targeted in this incident and although the firework burnt their clothing fortunately they were not injured. 

‘However, it was a very distressing incident and could have resulted in serious harm. 

‘We are very keen to speak to anyone who has information or was in the area at the time and has dashcam footage that could assist our enquiries.’

Anyone with information is urged to call 101.

It comes as Police Federation chair John Apter called for an urgent review into the sale of fireworks amid a spate of attacks across the UK.

Earlier this week a gang of youths fired explosives at theRSPCA Harmsworth Animal Hospital in Finsbury Park, North London, leaving staff trapped inside the building. 

Many of the animals had to be moved elsewhere in the building due to the distress they were in and amid fears they could be hit by one of the fireworks. 

A number of similar incidents took place on Bonfire Night  as yobs  were filmed firing rockets towards an police officer in Brierfield, Lancashire  while a group of youths were seen firing explosives on a residential street in Shawlands, Scotland. 

Fireworks were even let off near combustible cladding outside a block of flats in Manchester, leaving residents ‘on a knife edge’.