Eighteen youths aged 15 to 24 have been arrested in connection with setting some 60 fires in the Groningen village of Winschoten between January and September

A school, former bus museum and private home are among the buildings which went up in flames. The total damage caused by the gang runs to millions of euros, the Telegraaf quoted the police as saying.
Several of the youths are suspected of involvement in a blaze at a pumping station which almost resulted in farmland being flooded with sea water, the paper said.
Three youths remain in custody.