Police have confirmed a fire in an industrial building in Dundee was started deliberately.
Four fire crews were called shortly after 7.30pm on Monday to the former JWT (Scotland) Ltd building – also formerly home to Godfreys Technical Textiles – on Wester Gourdie Industrial Estate.
An eyewitness said he saw smoke coming from the outside of the building – which is thought to be empty – then moments later flames “rising up from the side of the wall”.
The fire, which was extinguished after two hours, charred the outside of the building while several windows in the property have been smashed.
It is not known what level of damage has been caused inside the building.
A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: “Officers received a report of a fire at an industrial estate on Arrol Road in Dundee around 7.55pm on Monday.
“The fire was extinguished by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and no-one was injured.
“The fire is being treated as wilful and a joint investigation with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is ongoing to establish the full circumstances.”
A spokesperson for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: “We received the alert at 7.37pm on Monday of a fire at an industrial building on Arrol Road in Dundee.
“Four appliances were dispatched.
“Two appliances were sent from Macalpine Road station and a further two from Blackness station.”
The fire was eventually extinguished at 9.37pm with crews leaving the scene just before 10pm.
JWT (Scotland) Ltd closed in 2008 after calling in receivers due to “difficult trading conditions”.
