FIREFIGHTERS were called to smoke coming from a derelict house in Burnley last night.
At around 7pm, two crews from Burnley forced their way into the house in Dall Street and discovered a fire in an upstairs bathroom.
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A fire spokesman said: "We were called after residents said they could smell burning in the road all day.
"We located the fire in the derelict house in the middle of the street and forced our way in.
"The fire had pretty much burnt itself out, but the smoke had got into the loft and had worked its way into other people's houses.
"We believe the fire was started deliberately."
"We were there for around two hours making sure the fire was out and all the smoke had been extracted.
"There were no casualties."
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