The dramatic moment a car in Edinburgh exploded into flames after being set alight has been caught on camera.
Two men riding a motorbike allegedly drove up to a car on Hapland Bow in the Burdiehouse area of the city last Thursday at around 12.30 am, before setting it on fire.
In the CCTV footage, a man is caught on camera appearing to deliberately torch the car before making off on a motorbike with another shadowy figure.
The 23-year-old owner of the car lives at her mum's home with her two younger sisters who are four and 14 years old.
Speaking on behalf of her daughter, the mother of the victim who was at home when the ordeal occurred, told Edinburgh Live that her daughter has no idea why anyone would want to target her vehicle.
She said: "We have no idea who is responsible or why this happened to her car.
"The car was about three metres from my windows and if quick-thinking neighbours had not run out with a garden hose my house could have caught fire with my two younger children inside aged four and fourteen."
The car owner has now been left "anxious and struggling to sleep" after the traumatic ordeal.
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Her mum added: "She is very anxious, not sleeping very well and she also wasn't able to work as she relies on her car to get into work.
"We all feeling very anxious especially if we hear a motorbike passing.
"She lives with me and her two younger sisters who are four and fourteen.
"Her 14-year-old sister is is autistic and has been very nervous and scared to go outside.
"She had to have a couple of days off school due to anxiety caused by the fire and having a lot of police and firefighters around."
Police Scotland said: "Around half past midnight on 6 May 2021, police received a report of a car on fire in Hapland Bow, Edinburgh. Emergency services attended.
"No-one was injured in the incident, however an investigation is under way as the fire was started deliberately."
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