THREE FLEE HOME IN ARSON ATTACK

Fire crew sceneDETECTIVES are investigating after three people cheated injury in an arson attack in the early hours of this morning. 

Police say a car was set alight in Elm Park in Richhill, Co Armagh. around 5.40 am this morning.

Officers said it appeared the car was deliberately pushed up against a house which also caught fire.

The occupants – two men, aged 65 and 30, and a 65-year-old woman – managed to leave the house safely.

A number of nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution while the Fire and Rescue Service dealt with the blaze.

Detectives are trying to establish a motive for the attack and have appealed for anyone with information to contact them on the 101 number.

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