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10 Jun
An incident which left a car burned out in North Belfast is being treated as deliberate.
Video footage has been circulated of the fire at Glenside Parade in the Ballysillan area of the city on Thursday night.
In it police and firefighters can be seen at the scene. The car set alight appears to be a VW Passat estate.
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The video shows flames at the front of the car as firefighters douse the vehicle in foam.
On Friday, the police said they received a report of a car on fire at Glenside Parade shortly after 9.30pm on Thursday.
A spokesperson added: “Officers attended the scene to find a black Volkwagen Passat estate car completely alight. Fire Service personnel were also in attendance at the scene and extinguished the fire which is being treated as deliberate at this time. Enquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident.”
The police said that anyone with any information about the incident or anyone with dash-cam footage should call police in Tennent Street on the non-emergency number 101 quoting reference number 1884 09/06/22, or submit a report online using the non-emergency reporting form at via www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/.
They added that people can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at crimestoppers-uk.org/.
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service issued a brief statement.
They said they were called to the scene at 9.38pm on Thursday night at Glenside Parade. A spokesperson added that one fire appliance from Westland attended the incident.
The spokesperson added: “Firefighters were called to a vehicle on fire. Firefighters wore breathing apparatus and used one hose reel to extinguish the fire. The incident was dealt with by 10.12pm and the cause of the fire is believed to be deliberate ignition.”
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