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26/04/2005
Residents flee burning apartment block
Police are appealing for information after residents had to flee from an apartment block in Londonderry early this morning after a fire started in a number of letterboxes.
Twenty-five people living in Foyleview apartments on Strand Road were moved out after the alarm was raised at 2am on Tuesday however it is not clear how the blaze started. There are no further details at present.
Elsewhere, a house in Carnmoney, Co Antrim has been targeted by arsonists on Monday.
The blaze broke out at around 6pm destroying a conservatory and causing damage to the back of the property. No one was inside the house when the fire occurred.
Police have appealed for anyone with information on either incident to contact them on 028 9065 0222.
(MB/SP)
Twenty-five people living in Foyleview apartments on Strand Road were moved out after the alarm was raised at 2am on Tuesday however it is not clear how the blaze started. There are no further details at present.
Elsewhere, a house in Carnmoney, Co Antrim has been targeted by arsonists on Monday.
The blaze broke out at around 6pm destroying a conservatory and causing damage to the back of the property. No one was inside the house when the fire occurred.
Police have appealed for anyone with information on either incident to contact them on 028 9065 0222.
(MB/SP)
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