Arson Fire at Ballycastle's Antrim Arms

0:00From across Europe, powered by AI, this is Europe News Today. I'm Corey with the story. Police in Valley Castle, County Antrim, are treating a fire at a rundown old hotel as arson. The blaze hit the former Antrim arms on Sunday night around 8 p.m. Pulling in 42 firefighters, two aerial ladders, and a command unit too. Knock it down. Fire crews shut down nearby streets while they worked, but everything's back open now. It's got the heads up to seal their windows and doors during the smoke. That hotel's been cordoned off for over a year because it's structurally shaky, right in the town center. Local Senfine counselor Kara McShane calls it a key piece of the town's heritage. Cops are digging into what started it and want anyone with details to hit them up. No one's hurt, but they're not letting the slide. With the probe ongoing, Valley Castle folks are hoping for quick answers on this eye-saw or turn potential crime scene.