Medical centre fire was arson - PSNI

PSNI were today hunting arsonists who set fire to a medical centre in Belfast.

PSNI were today hunting arsonists who set fire to a medical centre in Belfast.

Two 1,500 litre oil tanks were destroyed in the blaze at Cliftonville Road in the north of the city during the early hours of today.

A window was also broken at the centre, said a PSNI spokeswoman.

The fire, which is being treated by police as malicious, was reported to firefighters at 1.57am this morning.

Police have appealed for anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area at the time or saw anyone running away to get in contact with Tennant Street PSNI station.

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