COUNTY NEWS: Man detained on suspicion of arson after hospice fire

By James Oxenham
Published 11th Jul 2015, 16:54 BST
Dozens of people were evacuated from a hospice in St Leonards after a fire broke out in the early hours of the morning (July 11)Dozens of people were evacuated from a hospice in St Leonards after a fire broke out in the early hours of the morning (July 11)
Dozens of people were evacuated from a hospice in St Leonards after a fire broke out in the early hours of the morning (July 11)
A man has been detained on suspicion of arson after a fire broke out at a Sussex hospice in the early hours of this morning (July 11).

Emergency services were called to a fire at St Michael’s Hospice, in Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards, at around 1am.

Police are treating the blaze as deliberate.

Police said a 67-year-old man, who is known to the hospice, has been detained on suspicion of arson.

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