ARSONISTS have targeted an oil tank at a house in Derry.
Police appealed for witnesses after it was reported a rag was placed on the tank in the Bonds Street area and set alight at around 2.50am yesterday.
A second rag was also set alight on a window.
Firefighters put out the blaze, with damage caused to the oil tank. A man and woman who were in the property were not injured.
Meanwhile, police are also investigating several burglaries in Derry during the early hours of yesterday.
Two men entered a house in the Balloughry Road area of the city shortly after 12.20am and assaulted a man before making off with the family car, a blue Volkswagen Up.
The victim, aged in his 40s, suffered a scrape to his head.
Shortly after 1.30am cash and prescription medication was stolen from a house in the Drumleck Drive area of the city.
A house in the Rockfield area of the city was also broken into and keys to a Ford Mondeo were stolen. The car was found abandoned on Lenamore Road shortly after 2am.
