Magdeburg (dpa / sa) - A 23-year-old man probably deliberately lit a fire in an apartment in Magdeburg on Christmas Eve.

"He was provisionally arrested," said the police on Friday.

According to initial findings, the suspect probably started a fire in his apartment on the ground floor.

Firefighters put out the flames before they could spread to other apartments in the apartment building.

Nobody got hurt.

The damage amounts to around 10,000 euros.

There was no information on possible motives.