Police probing ‘suspicious’ vehicle fire at Glasgow cash and carry

Police are treating a fire which destroyed three vehicles outside a cash and carry in Glasgow as suspicious.

Officers were called to the Strawberry Garden store on Forth Street in Pollokshields shortly after midnight on Saturday.

The store’s owners said it had not been damaged in the attack and was open as normal on Saturday.

No-one was injured and a Police Scotland spokesman said inquiries into the incident were ongoing.

Fire crews arrived to extinguish the flames but three vans were destroyed by the blaze.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: “Around 12:05 on Saturday 21 June, police received a report of three vehicles on fire in the Forth Street area of Glasgow.

“The fires were extinguished by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and no injuries were reported.

“The incident is being treated as suspicious and inquiries are ongoing.”

A statement from Strawberry Garden said their vehicles were not targeted in the attack.

They said “false rumours” had been spread online that the store had also been damaged, but added that was not true.

Posting on Facebook, the store’s owners said: “Strawberry Garden Cash and Carry and all our vehicles are safe and untouched. We are open as normal and ready to welcome you.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with our neighbours, whose vans were sadly set on fire.

“Thank you for your ongoing support. Please help us share the correct information and ignore any false rumours.”