A MAN has been arrested after a number of deliberate fires in York.

North Yorkshire Fire And Rescue say they were called out shortly before midnight last night (August 16) after reports of a number of fires around Huntington Road in York.

A spokesman for the service said: "Crews attended multiple bin fires in this area.

"All the fires were caused deliberately.

"Crews extinguished the fire using a hose reel jet.

"One male arrested by police at the scene."