More than 500 teenagers had to leave a nightclub in Cookstown, County Tyrone after a fire broke out in two buildings on Saturday night.
The alarm was raised at about 2200 BST at the Clubland nightclub.
Six fire appliances were used to bring the blaze which had spread to an oil tank under control.
Station Commander Paul McCloskey said early indications are that the fire was started deliberately.
He said it was "quite dynamic because a lot of things happened quickly for a while".
"There were 500 kids in the disco, there were two buildings on fire and we subsequently found out afterwards that between two buildings there was another alleyway and in that there was bins and there was a heating oil tank which was involved in the fire as well," he said.
"The Clubland staff and the police managed to evacuate the club quickly and safely."
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