Residents of Hospital Street in Pietà could feel the heat on Sunday night when a parked car was burnt to a crisp and the façades of two houses were badly damaged in a blaze that may have been started deliberately.

The police said they were called to the scene at about midnight, where they found a Peugeot 106 engulfed in flames.

The Civil Protection Department was called to put out the fire.

The police are suspecting arson.

Magistrate Doreen Clarke is carrying out an inquiry.

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