PAPER was set alight on the doorstep of a house in Barrow in what police are treating as an incident of arson.

Police were called to Bath Street at 10.30pm last night to reports of a small fire which caused damage to a door. Nobody was hurt as a result of the incident.

A boy aged approximately 16-years-old with dark side swept hair and wearing a dark hooded jacket was seen in the area.

Anyone with information about the incident should ring police on 101.

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