West Belfast: 'Deliberate' fire on 5G mast in Dunmurry
A 5G mast that was set on fire in west Belfast has been extinguished, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has said.A report of a fire in Dunmurry was made shortly after 14:40 BST on Saturday.Police are currently in attendance at the Springbank Industrial Estate. They said: "the fire is being treated as deliberate ignition."The Northern Ireland Fire Service (NIFRS) attended and extinguished the blaze.
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