A MAN has been arrested following a house fire.
Police are questioning the man about the blaze in Egerton Street, Middlesbrough, where firefighters found four seats of fire.
Station Officer Steve Waggott said crews found a man overcome by fumes in a doorway of the smoke- filled house early yesterday.
The man was led to safety and taken by ambulance to hospital where he was treated for smoke inhalation.
Cleveland Police said a man had been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life and was being questioned by detectives.
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