Paisley police hunt for teen gang after THIRD fire attempt

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Police have issued another appeal as a gang of teens attempted to set a fire near to a block of flats for the THIRD time in three days.Huge piles of charred and melted rubbish were left lying in a Paisley street after firebugs torched bins in a housing scheme twice last Wednesday.The gang set a fire on George Street then piled up bags of trash at then at West Buchanan Place and set it alight, leaving a mound of charred remains in the common close.Now the same youths are being hunted by cops after they were spotted with a firework in the same area yesterday afternoon around 4pm.Again emergency services were called and firefighters quickly put the blaze out.All three blazes are being treated as deliberate by cops, who are now hunting a gang of three male youths.On Wednesday, firefighters raced to the town’s Canal Street area to tackle both of the blazesy, which were set in George Street and nearby West Buchanan Place.Don't miss the latest headlines from around Renfrewshire.

Sign up to our newsletters here.Shocking pictures show piles of charred and melted rubbish strewn across West Buchanan Place, which is understood to have been the worst fires of the two.Firefighters were alerted to the first blaze in George Street shortly after 3pm last Wednesday after receiving a call from a nearby resident.Three fire engines raced to the scene to tackle the bin fires, extinguishing the flames and ensuring the area was safe.Later that evening, at around 9.30pm, firefighters were called again to attend another blaze in the area - this time near to a building in West Buchanan Place.Due to the proximity in both distance and time, firefighters deemed the fires wilful and contacted police.Paisley CID said the gang struck again at 4pm on