Detectives are hunting two men behind a terrifying firebomb attack on the home of a nightclub boss.
Security cameras at the gutted property of Christopher Lessani recorded images of the suspects using an accelerant to torch a car in his driveway.
The fire spread to the main building, forcing the 36-year-old and his partner Christina to flee at 1am.
Lessani, who last night declined to comment, owns Sanctuary nightclub in Glasgow ’s West End.
In April 2017, a car was deliberately driven into Sanctuary before being set alight.
Friends have rallied round the publican, who is the latest businessman to suffer an arson attack.
Earlier this year James Mortimer and Brendan Hegarty – both well known figures in the licensed trade – had their cars and property damaged in deliberate fires.
Nightclub director Usman Khushi’s Range Rover went up in flames just 40 minutes after the blaze at Lessani’s in the early hours of last Friday.
Khushi – a friend of Lessani – said his car’s fire damage was caused by an “electrical fault”.
However, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is still investigating the blaze, also in Glasgow’s West End.
Sources close to Lessani believe all the incidents are linked and have urged police to step up efforts to catch those responsible.
One insider said: “It just isn’t a coincidence that the cars and homes of prominent business figures in the west of Scotland are being destroyed by separate people.
“All the individuals know each other and the fires all happen within days or hours apart.
“People are scared that it’s only a matter of time before someone dies, the longer police take to catch whoever is behind all of this.
“The men setting the fires are hired help and being paid to do all this damage.
“They know what they’re doing because it’s been going on for months now and police are nowhere near arresting anyone.”
Last August, Rangers’ goalkeeper Allan McGregor’s cars were burnt after two thugs dressed in dark clothing set them alight.
It is understood one man ran round a Mercedes and doused it with a flammable liquid and the other set the fire, which spread. They ran off into a vehicle waiting nearby.
Footage from Lessani’s CCTV cameras at his £400,000 Glasgow home are believed to have recorded men of similar appearance.
Detectives are believed to be examining the footage as part of their investigation.
A source said: “The two are slim men wearing dark clothing – similar to the description of the men suspected of starting the other fires.”
In May, the then Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell’s home in Thorntonhall, Lanarkshire, was badly damaged in a similar attack.
He was forced to escape the property with his family in the early hours of the morning after fire spread from a car to the main building.
Lawwell, who left his role as CEO in June, is believed to have permanently moved out of the house.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Inquiries are ongoing into a fire-raising incident which happened in the early hours of Friday, August 6.
“Inquiries are ongoing and anyone with information can call 101, quoting incident 0224 of August 6.”
