Man held over Saatchi blaze

Police investigating a warehouse fire which destroyed millions of pounds of modern art have arrested a man on suspicion of burglary.

Officers arrested the 23-year-old man in the Walthamstow area of north east London on Monday. He was questioned and later released on bail pending further inquiries.

More than 100 pieces belonging to collector Charles Saatchi, including works by Tracey Emin and the Chapman brothers, were lost in the blaze. They were being kept in the warehouse by specialist storage company Momart.

Investigators say the warehouse in Leyton, east London, was burgled shortly before the blaze broke out.

The storage site, which was divided into 34 separate units, was raided some time before the fire started at 3.40am on May 24.

One of the smaller units, containing watches, computers and mobile phones, was broken into and pinpointed as the seat of the fire.