Car torched in quiet Rutherglen street as police probe deliberate blaze
dailyrecord.co.ukA motor was torched in a quiet street in Lanarkshire after shocked residents heard a commotion outside. Residents were woken by a commotion in the residential street after a Volkswagen Golf was found burning on Westmuir Place, Rutherglen, around 12.40am on Wednesday.
Neighbours told how they heard tyres pop as the car burst into flames just meters from their homes.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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Sparks started flying everywhere. It was a new motor."This is a quiet area and it's concerning to think someone has been setting fires to people's things."Another neighbour woke up to the sound of emergency services arriving at the scene."I was woken by a commotion outside after midnight.
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