Sniffer dogs track lorry arsonist

The driver is understood to have set fire to the lorry

Sniffer dogs are being used to find a lorry driver in County Down who set fire to his vehicle which was carrying 5,000 litres of illegal fuel.

It is believed the driver set the vehicle alight after it blew a tyre on the Saintfield Road outside Lisburn.

A river of burning fuel was flowing from the lorry, which is registered in south Armagh, when fire crews arrived.

The blaze led to the closure of the road at the Ballymacbrennan crossroads during rush hour on Thursday.

The road was cordoned off while forensic experts examined the scene.