Share this article The incident occurred just after 8pm last night in a well-known area of the town A man has been arrested after several houses were badly damaged by fire in Athlone last night. Gardaí are investigating an incident of criminal damage by fire to a number of properties that occurred at the St Mary's Terrace area at approximately 8:05pm on the 22nd of April 2021. No injuries were reported and a man, aged in his 20s, has been arrested this monring in connection with the incident. He is currently being detained at Athlone Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.