A WOMAN WAS left ‘shaken’ after her home in Derry was set on fire last night while she was in it.

The PSNI is appealing for information and witnesses following the fire at a residential premises in Derry in the early hours of this morning.

Shortly after 3.05am, a fire at a house in the Gweebara Park area was reported.

It is believed that a man approached the property and poured some form of accelerant onto the front porch and front door before setting it alight and then making off on foot.

He was described as wearing a dark-coloured hooded top, with the hood up and his face covered, and dark tracksuit bottoms.

Damage was caused to both the internal and external front door areas of the house.

One woman, who was in the property at the time, was not physically injured, but has been left shaken by the ordeal, said a PSNI spokesperson.

The PSNI is treating the incident as arson with intent to endanger life.

It is appealing to anyone who was in the area at the time and saw anything, or who may have CCTV or other video footage, to make contact with police.