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Glasgow vehicle fires: Video shows late night attack

Police are treating the fires outside the cash and carry as suspicious

Video obtained by BBC Scotland shows a late night attack which saw three vehicles destroyed outside a cash and carry in Glasgow.

The attack happened about midnight on Saturday outside the Strawberry Garden shop on Forth Street in Pollokshields.

Police are treating the incident as suspicious and have appealed for help from the public. Nobody was injured in the attack.

The store's owners said it had not been damaged in the attack and was open as normal on Saturday.

The CCTV footage shows two masked figures with what appear to be cans for carrying liquids. One of the figures is pouring a liquid onto the front of a white van.

The person is later seen igniting the liquid, though the BBC has edited the footage to omit that section.

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Police are treating the fires outside the cash and carry as suspicious

Fire crews arrived to extinguish the flames but three vans were destroyed by the blaze.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Around 00:05 on Saturday 21 June, police received a report of three vehicles on fire in the Forth Street area of Glasgow.

"The fires were extinguished by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and no injuries were reported.

"The incident is being treated as suspicious and inquiries are ongoing."

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Several vans were targeted in the alleged attack
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The wreckage was being cleaned away on Saturday

A statement from Strawberry Garden said their vehicles were not targeted in the attack.

They said "false rumours" had been spread online that the store had also been damaged, but added that was not true.

Posting on Facebook, the store's owners said: "Strawberry Garden Cash and Carry and all our vehicles are safe and untouched. We are open as normal and ready to welcome you.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with our neighbours, whose vans were sadly set on fire.

"Thank you for your ongoing support. Please help us share the correct information and ignore any false rumours."