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24/07/2006
Two rescued after arson attack
Two people have been rescued after a suspected arson attack on a block of flats in west Belfast this morning.
The Fire and Rescue Service were called to the flats at Navan green in the Andersonstown area of the city at around 3.30am today.
It is understood that a wheelie bin had been set on fire in a hallway of the building, trapping a man and a woman in two separate flats.
The pair were treated at the scene for the effects of smoke inhalation, and their condition is not though to be life threatening.
Police in west Belfast are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident, and a spokesperson for the PSNI has said that they are treating the blaze as malicious.
(EF/SP)
The Fire and Rescue Service were called to the flats at Navan green in the Andersonstown area of the city at around 3.30am today.
It is understood that a wheelie bin had been set on fire in a hallway of the building, trapping a man and a woman in two separate flats.
The pair were treated at the scene for the effects of smoke inhalation, and their condition is not though to be life threatening.
Police in west Belfast are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident, and a spokesperson for the PSNI has said that they are treating the blaze as malicious.
(EF/SP)
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