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Vandals in fire attack on family Family flee football bunting fire
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A mother from west Belfast said her young family was lucky to be alive after vandals set fire to football flags and bunting at their home. A west Belfast mother has said her family is lucky to be alive, after vandals set fire to football flags and bunting at their home.
The house off the city's Shankill Road was decorated in Chelsea colours in preparation for Saturday's FA Cup Final. The house, off the Shankill Road, was decorated in Chelsea colours in preparation for the FA Cup Final.
Valerie Mc Murtry said a flag was lit and put through the letterbox of the house. Valerie McMurtry said what should have been a happy occasion almost turned to tragedy.
"I think what they intended was to burn our house out," she said. "If I hadn't have wakened and wakened my husband, I think what they intended to do was burn our home out," she said.
"Because who in their right mind would put flammable material through someone's letterbox knowing that there was children in the house.
"People from the Shankill Road know that we support Chelsea and that I have kids in this house so anyone who done this knew what they were going to do and what they were capable of doing."