A community in Sligo is said to be traumatised over a suspected petrol bomb attack.

The incident happened in the Cranmore area in the early hours of yesterday morning.

A house was engulfed in flames after a petrol bomb was thrown through a downstairs window.

It's not yet known if the house was occupied at the time.

Gardai say that investigations are ongoing and no arrests have yet been made.

Local Sinn Fein Cllr Arthur Gibbons has condemned the incident: