Man and woman injured in arson attack as petrol squirted through letterbox

A man and a woman in their 30s received burns to their arms and faces when petrol was squirted through a letterbox and ignited.

Gardaí believe a man who may harbour a grudge against the pair filled a washing-up liquid bottle with petrol and squirted it through the letterbox of a house in the Mallow area of Co Cork.

The arson attack happened at around 12.25am on Sunday.