Belfast house fire being treated as arson

The front of a terraced house, with a front door on the left hand side and front windows to the right. The door is lying open and a forensic officer, with their back to the camera and wearing white overalls, is walking in. The windows are mostly smashed. In front of the house is a paved area leading to a black metal fence and gate, which is draped with blue and white police tape.

The fire at a house on Summer Street happened after an object was thrown through the window

A house has been seriously damaged after an arson attack in north Belfast.

The fire began when an object was thrown through the window of a house on Summer Street after 21:30 GMT on Saturday.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said it is not believed anyone was in the house when the attack happened.

However, extensive damage was caused to a room and the house's front windows.

PSNI Det Sgt Faulkner said enquiries are continuing but that the fire "is being treated as a deliberate ignition".

The police are appealing for information.

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