Police treating fire at flats on Lisburn Road in Belfast as 'suspected arson attack'

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Thursday, 16 July 2020 09:12

By Peter Moor @pfmoor

By Q Radio News.

Police are investigating a suspected arson attack on the Lisburn Road in Belfast this morning.

Officers received a report that a fire had been started at flats in a shared building at around 2am on Thursday morning.

The Lisburn Road was closed whilst the fire service extinguished the fire but has since re-opened.

The three flats in the building were unoccupied at the time and there have been no reports of any injuries.

Anyone with any information about this incident or who may be able to help with the investigation, is asked to call detectives at Musgrave on the non-emergency number 101, or submit a report online using the non-emergency reporting form via http://www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/. Crimestoppers can also be contacted anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at http://crimestoppers-uk.org/.