FIREFIGHTERS from Hinckley station say that their lives could be put at risk by arsonists at the old greyhound track.
Squatters have moved onto the site and have been seen living in a wooden shack next to the clubhouse.
Police have even been called out to the derelict house on the site, when a special needs child went missing. He was found hidden in the ground floor.
And Ez Millett, Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service’s district manager for the Hinckley and Bosworth area said the revelation meant that crews would treat fires at the site differently.
“It is causing me a problem,” Mr Millett said. “But now I know that the buildings are unstable, and people may be in there, it’s putting our lives in danger.
“We can liaise with the council, and between us we can put pressure on the owners to do something about the land.
“We are having a spate of malicious calls from the old greyhound track, which is obviously causing concern.
“We are trying to do away with these type of malicious calls or deliberate fire setting.
The arson task force have now visited the site.
“In the last few weeks we are going down to Nutts Lane at least twice a week, but I would put some of that down to the kids being on holiday.
Borough council leader, David Bill, vowed to ask the land owners, Crest Nicholson, to tidy up the area.