Glasgow firebomb attack probed by police after three vehicles torched

Daily Record

21-06-2025

Emergency crews rushed to Forth Street in Pollokshields just after midnight on Saturday.
Police are probing a firebomb attack outside a Glasgow supermarket.
Three vehicles were torched outside Strawberry Garden - a grocers and cash and carry - after midnight on Saturday.
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Emergency services rushed to the scene on Forth Street in Pollokshields after receiving reports of a huge blaze.
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Footage from the scene showed tall flames bursting out of the parked motors on the street. Shocked locals watched on as police taped off the area.
Scottish Fire and Rescue sent three appliances to the scene and crews spent two hours dousing the flames.
Pictures taken at the scene hours later show the charred remains of the burnt out vans on the street.
One vehicle is completely unrecognisable with only the bottom half and wheels still intact.
One witness who was working at a business nearby said: "It was crazy there were police everywhere. Three vans were on fire outside Strawberry Garden. I couldn't get out to see my car for a while so I didn't know if it was on fire or not.
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"I had parked further down Forth Street earlier. Luckily it was far enough away from the blaze.
"By the time I finished at 2am I was allowed to leave by police."
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Police say they are treating the fire as suspicious and have launched an investigation.
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A Police Scotland spokesperson said: 'Around 12.05am on Saturday, 21 June, 2025, police received a report of three vehicles on fire in the Forth Street area of Glasgow.
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"The fires were extinguished by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and no injuries were reported. The incident is being treated as suspicious and enquiries are ongoing.'
A spokesperson for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: "Around 12.08am Scottish Fire and Rescue Service were called to a report of three vehicles on fire on Forth Street, Glasgow.
"We mobilised three appliances to the scene. There were no reports of injuries.
"Crews left at 2.09am."