Police investigate suspicious Ballymena fire

Police in Co Antrim are investigating a fire at a house in Ballymena that they believe may have been started deliberately.

Police in Co Antrim are investigating a fire at a house in Ballymena that they believe may have been started deliberately.

Two women and a man were uninjured after the fire broke out in the kitchen of a house in Dunclug Gardens at around 1.00 a.m.

Ambulance crews that were called to the scene treated the women for smoke inhalation.

The house suffered minor smoke and scorch damage.

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A PSNI spokeswoman said it is believed the fire, which is being treated as suspicious, started near an open window in the kitchen.