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Matt Bryan & Craig Williams

BMW torched in late-night firebomb attack outside luxury Lanarkshire villa

A police probe is underway after a car was deliberate torched outside a luxury home in Bothwell.

Police and fire crews were alerted to the scene at the property on Pailis Crescent around 11:55pm on Friday night.

The vehicle in question, a BMW convertible, was parked in the driveway of the £425,000 villa and quickly became engulfed in flames after being set alight, Lanarkshire Live reports.

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Thankfully, fire crews were able to extinguish the blaze before it spread to the property. There were no reported casualties.

Police are treating the fire as wilful.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We received a report of a car on fire on Pailis Crescent, Bothwell, around 11.55pm on Friday, June 3. The fire is currently being treated as wilful and enquiries are ongoing.”

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: "We were alerted at 11.43pm on Friday, 3 June to reports of a car fire at Pailis Crescent, Bothwell.

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"Operations Control mobilised one appliance to the scene to extinguish the fire and make the area safe. There were no reported casualties."

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