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Man arrested in connection with deliberate house fire in Porset Park

News | | Published: 12:00, Friday August 17th, 2018.

Nobody was in the property during the fire. Photo by Jonathan Price

A man has been arrested after authorities deemed the cause of a house fire in Porset Park, Caerphilly to be deliberate.

Firefighters from Whitchurch, Pontypridd and Aberbargoed attended the fire in Porset Park, Caerphilly, at around 3.15pm on Tuesday, August 7.

A spokesman for South Wales Fire and Rescue Service confirmed that nobody was in the property at the time and they handed the investigation over to Gwent Police.

A spokesman from Gwent Police said that a 38-year-old man from the Caerphilly area had been arrested in connection with the arson.

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