Industrial estate fire suspect caught on CCTV

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The suspect can be seen climbing over a wall before flames appear

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A person suspected of starting a fire at an industrial estate in Glasgow has been captured on CCTV.

Fire crews were alerted to the blaze at a single-storey commercial building on Stanley Street at about 06:45 on Thursday.

CCTV footage, obtained by BBC Scotland News, shows a person walking up a lane near the Kinning Park storage unit, then climbing over a wall.

Flames are then seen coming from the area behind the wall, before the suspect appears again, jumps off the wall and runs off.

Police Scotland have confirmed that the fire was started deliberately.

Smoke from the fire was sent billowing across the M8 at rush hour.

Grey smoke surrounds a fire engines and firefighters on a streetImage source, PA Media
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Fire crews tackled the blaze in Kinning Park throughout Thursday

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) sent nine appliances and two high-reach vehicles to extinguish the fire. No injuries have been reported.

Roads in the area were cordoned off by police while fire crews tackled the flames and residents were advised to keep their windows and doors closed due to the smoke.

Det Insp Lesley-Ann McGee said: "Our inquiries remain ongoing, and I am appealing to anyone who was in the area at the time and who may have seen something to get in touch, external."

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