A man has been arrested after ‘threatening to burn down’ a building in Morecambe.
Police were called to Regent Road just before 4pm yesterday (July 10) to reports of a man threatening to set fire to a building.
The road was closed off while officers negotiated with a man, who witnesses say was throwing items out of the window.
A police vehicle was damaged during the incident.
A 27-year-old from Morecambe was subsequently arrested on suspicion of criminal damage to a vehicle and later charged.


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