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26/07/2018
Eight Children Escape Injury In Arson Attack
Police believe a fire at a house in Antrim was the result of an arson attack.
It is understood that 10 people – eight of them children aged between one and 13 – escaped injury when an accelerant was used to deliberately start a fire at the property in the Islay Street area of Antrim just after midnight.
Detectives are treating the incident as arson with intent to endanger life.
Anyone who saw anything suspicious, or who has any information, is asked to contact police on 101.
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It is understood that 10 people – eight of them children aged between one and 13 – escaped injury when an accelerant was used to deliberately start a fire at the property in the Islay Street area of Antrim just after midnight.
Detectives are treating the incident as arson with intent to endanger life.
Anyone who saw anything suspicious, or who has any information, is asked to contact police on 101.
(MH/LM)
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