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muriel_volestrangler

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4. Multiple homes on fire in Belfast
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 06:00 PM
Tuesday


Multiple homes are on fire across Belfast, with the fire service dealing with blazes at several residences just off the Crumlin Road, while there have also been fires at homes on Lendrick Street in east Belfast.
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This house on fire on Lendrick Street in east Belfast belongs to a man in his 30s, who says he's lived there for 10 years.

"Cars were set alight on the road, which caught fire to my house but masked men were bashing down doors," he says.
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Crowds gathered at McMaster Street in Lower Newtownards Road in east Belfast.

About 100 masked men made their way down the street and kicked in doors and broke windows.

They said they were "getting the foreigners out".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr47x99k5n6t


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