[02
JUN 00] CRIMES, FIRES & ACCIDENTS
Police Hunt
Nuneaton Arsonists
Police
are hunting arsonists after a block of flats was set on fire in
Nuneaton early this morning.
The
alarm was raised at the building in Attleborough Road by a resident
after he woke up to find the building filled with smoke.
The
man, aged 22, managed to get out of the building and raise the alarm.
Firefighters
were called and put the fire out. Two flats were damaged in the blaze.
Police
investigators discovered that several fires were started in the flats,
and are treating the incident as arson.
The
man who raised the alarm was taken to George Eliot hospital after
suffering from smoke inhalation.
Any
witnesses should call Nuneaton CID on 01926 415000 quoting incident
number 59.
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