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24/05/2007
Fire causes 'extensive' damage
Detectives are appealing for information following a fire in west Belfast.
The fire was discovered shortly after 3am in the early hours of the morning in an oil tanker in the Creeslough Park area of Lenadoon.
Flames from the fire spread to neighbouring houses, and caused extensive damage.
Police are treating the incident as suspicious, however a spokesperson said that a racial or sectarian motive is not a major line of enquiry.
(JM/SP)
The fire was discovered shortly after 3am in the early hours of the morning in an oil tanker in the Creeslough Park area of Lenadoon.
Flames from the fire spread to neighbouring houses, and caused extensive damage.
Police are treating the incident as suspicious, however a spokesperson said that a racial or sectarian motive is not a major line of enquiry.
(JM/SP)
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