A 26-year-old man has been arrested and released on bail following a spate of suspected arson attacks in a town. Durham Police said two men on a scooter threw a brick through the window of a house on Lilburne Crescent, Newton Aycliffe, on 5 March, before pouring petrol through it and setting it alight.

At least eight agencies are investigating the cause of a fire at the New Jersey home of a Bayer pharmaceutical executive earlier this month. The fire was reported around 7:30 a.m. March 4 and was "quickly extinguished by the Madison Fire Department," according to the Morris County Prosecutor's Office. The office added that the home was occupied.

A fire at the Madison, New Jersey home of a pharmaceutical company executive is being investigated as an arson attack, according to authorities.