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| Vintage car owner slams arsonists | Vintage car owner slams arsonists |
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| The owner of four vintage cars destroyed in an arson attack in County Fermanagh on Saturday night has said 20 years of work have gone up in smoke. | The owner of four vintage cars destroyed in an arson attack in County Fermanagh on Saturday night has said 20 years of work have gone up in smoke. |
| George Ogle and his wife were away on holiday when a van and a car were set on fire at the back of their property on the Baragh Road near Ballinamallard. | George Ogle and his wife were away on holiday when a van and a car were set on fire at the back of their property on the Baragh Road near Ballinamallard. |
| The blaze spread, causing substantial damage to a nearby garage where the vintage cars were parked. | The blaze spread, causing substantial damage to a nearby garage where the vintage cars were parked. |
| The damage is estimated at tens of thousands of pounds. | The damage is estimated at tens of thousands of pounds. |
| Two Austin 16s - from 1929 and 1930 - were completely destroyed as well as a newly restored MG Roadster and a Mini van. | |
| George Ogle said he could not understand why he was targeted. | George Ogle said he could not understand why he was targeted. |
| "I've been at this for the last 20 or 30 years, basically restoring cars just as a hobby, for enjoyment ," he said | "I've been at this for the last 20 or 30 years, basically restoring cars just as a hobby, for enjoyment ," he said |
| "You go on holiday, the place is alarmed, locked up, secure, you come back and this is what you find. It's totally ridiculous." | "You go on holiday, the place is alarmed, locked up, secure, you come back and this is what you find. It's totally ridiculous." |