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Man arrested over arson in Yarmouth

Published: 4:27 PM December 3, 2008    Updated: 8:51 PM February 19, 2021

FIREFIGHTERS and police attended an incident at Russell Road in Great Yarmouth on Tuesday . Police received a call at about 11.10pm from a resident who said he could hear youths outside and could smell burning.

FIREFIGHTERS and police attended an incident at Russell Road in Great Yarmouth on Tuesday .

Police received a call at about 11.10pm from a resident who said he could hear youths outside and could smell burning.

Two fire engines from Yarmouth arrived on scene just after 11.15pm and extinguished a fire at the back of the property.

A wooden door was damaged and a 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson. He remains in police custody.

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