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| Man escapes arson attack on home | Man escapes arson attack on home |
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| A man has escaped injury in an arson attack in Limavady after a gas cylinder was put against a coal bunker and set alight. | A man has escaped injury in an arson attack in Limavady after a gas cylinder was put against a coal bunker and set alight. |
| The fire took place at around 0500 BST on Thursday morning at Collessan Walk. | The fire took place at around 0500 BST on Thursday morning at Collessan Walk. |
| Today a meeting is taking place between the District Policing Partnership and senior officers to discuss the recent arson attacks. | Today a meeting is taking place between the District Policing Partnership and senior officers to discuss the recent arson attacks. |
| Seventy deliberate fires have been started in Limavady since January 2007. | |
| Michael Coyle, chair of Limavady District Policing Partnership, said someone could easily have been killed. | |
| "They may not have gone with the intent to kill somebody, but to go to such an extent to set a coal bunker on fire and then a gas cylinder, it's almost like a bomb. | |
| "In fact it is a bomb, which could have done an awful lot of damage to property, but more worryingly could have severely injured or killed somebody." |