A 17-year-old boy has been arrested on Thursday after a fire broke out in a high school in Limassol on Wednesday night, the police said.

The fire had broken out at the Ayios Nikolaos high school in Limassol at around 10.50pm, with the fire brigade swiftly intervening to extinguish it.

The school’s administration’s office was damaged as a result of the fire.

The police’s investigation into the matter is ongoing.