ARSON PROBE OVER FIRE AT CO DERRY HOME

DETECTIVES have launched an arson investigation over a Co Derry house fire.

The Fire and Rescue Service said crews responded to a fire at a mid-terraced house at King Street, Magherafelt in the early hours of Sunday morning.

“Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used two hosereel jets and a covering jet to extinguish the blaze.

“Smoke alarms were activated by the fire. The cause of the fire appeared deliberate.”