The PSNI has confirmed they are treating last night’s fire at a tyre business in Strabane as ‘arson’.
Lifford Bridge was closed for a time yesterday evening as emergency services tackled the blaze at the facility on the Tyrone side of the border.
It broke out on the Lifford Road, at the Modern Tyres facility, at around 7:45pm and flames and thick smoke could be seen rising high into the sky.
“A report was received at around 7.45pm that a container full of tyres had been set alight, totally destroying the container and its contents, as well as damaging a nearby parked car,” a police spokesperson said.
“The fire is being treated as arson and enquiries are ongoing”.
Anyone with any information about this incident or who may be able to help with the investigation, is asked to call officers in Strabane on the non-emergency number 101, quoting reference number 1677 20/09/25 or submit a report online using our non-emergency reporting form via http://www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/.
You can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at http://crimestoppers-uk.org/
Police treating yesterday’s Strabane tyre centre blaze as ‘arson’ was last modified: September 21st, 2025 by Staff Writer
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