POLICE are treating fires at two properties in east Belfast as arson.
Firefighters were called to Knocknagoney Park at around 11.20pm on Wednesday after a householder was alerted to a fire at his door.
He managed to extinguish the fire prior to the arrival of firefighters and police.
A PSNI spokesman said no-one was injured but damage was caused to the front door.
A short time later, at 11.35pm, firefighters and police responded to a report of a fire at a house at Strathearn Park.
The blaze was extinguished and there were no reports of any injuries.
Damage was caused to the front door.
A PSNI spokesman said: "Both of these incidents were reckless and, had the fires not been extinguished so quickly, the consequences could have been devastating.
"We are treating both of these incidents as arson and we are investigating the possibility they both may be linked".
