In the early hours of Wednesday morning 8th March, my brother Jim Rankin was the victim of a vicious arson attack resulting in his garage being burnt out.
It took 7 fire engines and 3 hours of hard work from the fire brigade before the fire was put out.

He built this business up over the last 2 years and every penny he had and earned went straight to buying new equipment, which has now all been destroyed in the fire.

Unfortunately there is no insurance compensation due to the building having an asbestos roof...... Which makes this all the harder.

He has nothing left, at the hands of mindless thugs!

I'm asking for anyone who knows me and may not even know my brother to please help...... If you do know my brother you will know he is the most genuine, hardworking and nice guy ever.

Please give anything you can, to help Jim repair some of the heart ache and damage caused to him.

Thank you. X

Image taken by Jilly Beattie from Belfast Live.