Police hunt arsonists after blaze that could have killed Bradford woman (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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Police hunt arsonists after blaze that could have killed Bradford woman
9:12am Wednesday 18th April 2012 in Local Video
By Dolores Cowburn, Bradford Chief Reporter
The scene of the arson attack
An investigation into an arson attack that could have claimed the life of a Barkerend resident has been launched by police.
The blaze was started deliberately outside a maisonette block in Hendford Drive, Bradford, the scene of a fatal fire in 2010, in the early hours of this morning.
A wheelie bin had been pushed up against the side of a derelict flat by arsonists, filling it with smoke and burning through the boarded up windows.
It then filled a neighbouring flat with smoke and the alarm was only raised when a smoke detector woke the occupant up.
She is not thought to be injured, but a police guard was put outside the block of flats overnight.
It is understood that they have opened an investigation into arson with intent to endanger life.
