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| Arson attack on house 'sectarian' | Arson attack on house 'sectarian' |
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| An arson attack on a house in Ballymena is being treated as sectarian, police have said. | An arson attack on a house in Ballymena is being treated as sectarian, police have said. |
| The blaze at the property in the Dunclug estate was reported at 2115 BST on Sunday evening. | The blaze at the property in the Dunclug estate was reported at 2115 BST on Sunday evening. |
| Nobody was in the house at the time of the attack, but the property was extensively damaged in the fire. | Nobody was in the house at the time of the attack, but the property was extensively damaged in the fire. |
| Pamela Dawson, a niece of the family, said: "It's the 12th of July and they're just wanting them out. There's not many Protestants left in Dunclug." | |
| "They have lived there for a long, long time and they have had their windows in nearly every weekend. So it is not just the fire this week, it has been happening a long time," she said. | |
| Colin Dickson from the Fire and Rescue Service said the blaze was intense and it was an hour before firefighters were able to extinguish it. | Colin Dickson from the Fire and Rescue Service said the blaze was intense and it was an hour before firefighters were able to extinguish it. |
| "The house had a well-developed fire. The firefighters had to face intense heat to search the premises to make sure no-one was trapped inside," he said. | "The house had a well-developed fire. The firefighters had to face intense heat to search the premises to make sure no-one was trapped inside," he said. |