'Deliberate' fire on 5G mast in west Belfast
The PSNI said: "The fire is being treated as deliberate ignition"
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A 5G mast that was set on fire in west Belfast has been extinguished, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has said.
A report of a fire in Dunmurry was made shortly after 14:40 BST on Saturday.
Police are currently in attendance at the Springbank Industrial Estate. They said: "the fire is being treated as deliberate ignition."
The Northern Ireland Fire Service (NIFRS) attended and extinguished the blaze.
There have been a series of arson attacks on 5G masts in west Belfast, with the fire service recording 13 incidents between January 2023 and December 2024.
The Sinn Féin MP for the area said: "I want to strongly condemn the latest suspected arson attack".
Paul Maskey also said: "This behaviour is both ludicrous and absolutely nonsensical.
"Just a few weeks ago, Sinn Féin published the results of a survey highlighting widespread mobile signal black spots across the west of the city — some of which are due to damage caused to masts," he added.
"Those responsible for this disgraceful vandalism must be brought to justice."