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Tara Fitzpatrick

Dramatic clip shows cars engulfed in flames in Glasgow after being 'deliberately torched'

Police have launched a probe after two vehicles were destroyed in a early morning firebomb attack in Glasgow.

Emergency crews were called to reports of the blaze on Chamberlain Road in the city's Jordanhill area around 1.30am on Friday July 2.

Dramatic posted on Twitter by Conservative MSP Russell Findlay show thick flames engulfing the vehicles.

Aftermath pictures show the vehicles blackened and destroyed by the flames and smoke.

Thankfully there were no injuries from the incident, which reported;y involved a Range Rover and a van.

The damage caused to the Range Rover (Russell Findlay)

Findlay wrote: “Another day, another sickening fire attack in the west of Scotland.

“A Range Rover & van torched beside a block of flats at 1.30am in Chamberlain Road, Glasgow.

“No-one injured, police investigating.”

Police have now launched an investigation into the fires which are being treated as deliberate.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Around 1.30am on Friday, 2 July, police were called to a report of two vehicles on fire on Chamberlain Road, Jordanhill, Glasgow.

"Emergency services attended however no one was injured in the incident.

"The fires are being treated as wilful and anyone with information is asked to contact police via 101, quoting incident number 0230 of 1 July, 2021."

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