Man jailed for five years for underground car park blaze

A man who left dozens of people trapped in an apartment block after he set fire to an underground car park has been jailed for five years.

Paul McGinley deliberately put a gas cylinder inside a car at an underground car park at Rosemount Lane, in Letterkenny, Co Donegal, on September 29, 2015.

The car caught fire and spread to eight other cars before spreading to an upstairs apartment block and two businesses.