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Five flee separate arson attacks | |
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Five people have been targeted in separate arson attacks in Belfast. | |
A woman and her three teenage children escaped injury after a fire at Florenceville Drive, off the Ormeau Road, just after 0300 GMT. | |
The Fire and Rescue Service said the family had a lucky escape from the blaze which badly damaged the ground floor. A man has been arrested. | |
Meanwhile, a woman escaped injury after a suspicious fire at a house at Cliftonville Avenue. | |
The blaze caused minor damage. | |
The Fire Service said flammable liquid poured in through a window at the property in south Belfast. | |
Fire officer Alan Walmsley said the ground floor was well alight by the time crews arrived. | |
"They (the family) obviously had an escape plan in place and they were able to escape via a first floor window onto a flat roof and onto safety," he said. | |
He said fire crews extinguished the blaze, which broke out in the living room of the property. | He said fire crews extinguished the blaze, which broke out in the living room of the property. |