POLICE are asking for people with information about an arson attack at a block of flats in Middlesbrough to come forward.

The attack happened yesterday on the tenth floor of a block of flats in Ingoldsby Road, in the town's Netherfields area, at about 2.45pm, when a liquid was poured through the letterbox of a male resident and set alight.

The blaze was tackled by crews from Grangetown and Middlesbrough. No one was injured.