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Naina Bhardwaj

Deliberate fire sparks emergency response at Glasgow tenement as police launch probe

Emergency services rushed to the scene of a deliberate fire at a Scots tenement.

Police and fire crews rushed to the scene on Shaw Street in the Govan area of Glasgow at around 1.50pm on Saturday, January 15.

A common close had been set alight but nobody was injured or had to be evacuated as a result of the blaze.

Police Scotland confirmed that the fire is being treated as wilful and enquiries into the incident are ongoing.

A spokesperson for the force said: “Around 1.50pm on Saturday, 15 January, 2022 officers were called to a report of a fire within a common close on Shaw Street in Glasgow.

"Nobody was injured or was required to be evacuated. The fire is being treated as wilful and enquiries are ongoing.”

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