POLICE are investigating a suspected arson attack at a house in Brierfield earlier today.
Neighbours contacted emergency services after they reported seeing smoke billowing from the windows of a terraced house in Cambridge Street.
Fire crews were called to the scene at around 6.30am and spent more than two hours tackling the blaze.
Nobody was inside the property at the time of the fire.
Police are now investigating the cause of the blaze and say they are treating it as suspicious.
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