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Daniel Morrow

Police hunt three youths spotted at scene of large blaze at Glasgow flats

Police have launched an investigation into a large blaze that broke out a block of flats under construction in Glasgow .

Emergency services rushed to the south side of the city after a fire took hold of a development of houses on Riverford Gardens on Friday night.

Footage from the scene showed firefighters working to bring the blaze under control at around 7.30pm that evening.

Detectives are currently working with Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to establish the cause of the blaze.

Firefighters remained at the scene on Saturday (Heather Cairns)

Officers are now appealing for information to trace three youths who were spotted at the flats at the time of the fire starting.

They were spotted in the area for around 15 minutes before heading towards Riverford Road.

Detective Constable Alyson Dowds said: “We are working to identify the three people.

“The three of them were wearing dark coloured hooded jackets. One of them had fair coloured hair and one had dark-coloured hair. Two of them were wearing dark-coloured trousers with the other one wearing light-coloured jogging bottoms.

“We have been carrying out enquiries in the local area and studying CCTV footage to gather more information.

“I would ask anyone who may have seen these youths in the area to contact Helen Street Police Station through 101 quoting reference number 3331 of December 27.”

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