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Police probe deliberate fire at Glasgow tenement amid asylum seeker rumours
Flames emerged from the roof of the building which is covered in scaffolding
Police are investigating a deliberate fire at a housing association tenement in Glasgow that had previously been targeted by anti-immigration protesters.
The building in Stonyhurst Street, Possilpark - which has been derelict for 20 years - had received £3m to be renovated as affordable homes.
Glasgow MSP Paul Sweeney claimed there was evidence the blaze was started on Sunday following online "disinformation" that the flats would be used for asylum seekers.
Housing association NG Homes, which owns the block, said these were false rumours and the flats would provide "much-needed" homes for people on its waiting list.
Police Scotland said the fire broke out in a fourth floor flat at about 16:50 on Sunday.
Det Insp Neil Martin urged anyone who saw anything suspicious to get in touch, external.
"Fortunately no-one was injured but this kind of reckless activity is not acceptable and caused serious disruption in the area," he added.
NG Homes said the damage was still being assessed and it was too early to confirm the impact on the renovation timescales.
The roof of the building in Possilpark was destroyed by the fire