Police probe two suspicious overnight fires in North

Police in the North are investigating two suspicious fires overnight.

The first began at around 1am at Dunluce Avenue, off the Lisburn road in south Belfast.

Seven people escaped unhurt after a sofa was pushed against the front window of the flats and set alight.

Then at about 4am police were called to a blaze at a house in Craigavon.

They believe it began when petrol was poured through the letterbox and set on fire.

Five people who were in the house at the time escaped through an upstairs window.