Deliberate fire started

A FIRE was deliberately started within a communal drying area in Cumbernauld on Sunday, February 3.

The drying area in Tarbolton Road was set alight at around 8.30pm.

A resident could smell smoke coming from the area and contacted the Fire Brigade who on attendance with the police evacuated the building before extinguishing the fire.

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Witnesses are urged to contact Cumbernauld Police Office on 01236 503900.

Meanwhile, in a separate incident, a 10-year-old boy has been reported to the Children’s Panel for allegedly setting a fire in a bin cellar in Spruce Road at around 6.15pm on Saturday, February 2.