POLICE are investigating a ‘suspicious’ fire at a flat in Lyme Regis.
Three people had to be rescued from the first floor flat in Manor Avenue at around 2.25am yesterday.
A police spokesman said Weymouth CID officers are investigating the circumstances surrounding the ‘suspicious fire’ which burned the property’s front door and a small area of carpet below the letterbox.
A Dorset Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said crews from Lyme Regis, Charmouth and Axminster were on the scene within 10 minutes of the blaze being reported and rescued three occupants.
The people caught in the fire were treated by an ambulance crew at the scene for smoke inhalation.
Anyone with information about the fire, or anyone who saw any suspicious vehicles or people in the area at the time of the blaze, are urged to contact the police.
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