POLICE have dropped an investigation into two men who were arrested after a flat was destroyed by fire.

Emergency services rushed to Commercial Road on Friday, 24 March, to find a bedroom in a third-floor flat in Wyndham Court well alight.

The blaze was extinguished within 15 minutes and two people were treated for smoke inhalation by South Central Ambulance Service paramedics.

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At the time, one resident of the flat, who did not wish to be named, told the Echo: “The whole place was ablaze.

“My flat is completely destroyed and I don’t know where I am going to live.”

A few days later, police confirmed they were investigating - with two men aged 40 and 42, both from Southampton, arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life.

Both were released on bail until yesterday - June 24.

Now, a police spokesman confirmed that both men have been released, with no further action to be taken and the investigation has been closed.