PSNI treating blaze at Garvagh car showroom as arson
Police are appealing for information on a fire in Garvagh which they are treating as arson.
The PSNI’s Sergeant Moore said: “At approximately 5am, we received a report of a fire at a business in the Carhill Road area. Officers attended, along with colleagues from the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service, who extinguished the blaze.
“This is being treated as arson and enquiries are ongoing. I am appealing to anyone who may have witnessed anyone suspicious in the area or to anyone with CCTV, doorbell or other footage that could assist the investigation, to contact police on 101, quoting reference number 146 13/05/26.”
Alternatively, a report can be submitted online using the non-emergency reporting form at http://www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/.
At the height of the incident 55 firefighters were involved. A total of six appliances attended from Maghera, Kilrea, Dungiven, Ballymoney and Coleraine stations, supported by an aerial ladder appliance from Northland Station, a Command Support Unit from Strabane Station and a water tanker from Dungiven Station.
A Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service spokesperson added: “On arrival crews were met with a developed fire involving a car showroom, vehicles and café premises. Crews utilised firefighting jets and an aerial ladder jet to resolve the incident.
"The incident was resolved by 7.47am and the cause is believed to be deliberate.”