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The fire services attended the scene and extinguished the fire
Three males in balaclavas set fire to an oil tank at a property in east Donegal.
The incident occurred around Gortnamuck, Castlefin, on Saturday, December 27, shortly before 6:40pm.
Three males wearing balaclavas set fire to an oil tank, smashed six windows of the house and the rear windscreen of the car.
The fire services attended the scene and extinguished the fire. Nobody was hurt.
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“We appeal to anyone who may have witnessed these males in the area or witnessed the incident to make contact with Gardaí in Ballyshannon on 071-9858530,” Garda Grainne Doherty said.
“If anyone travelled in that general area with a dash-cam between 6pm and 7pm on that date, we ask them to make the footage available to us. The Garda Confidential Line may be contacted on 1800 666 111.”
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