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Two teenagers charged in connection with Dundee industrial estate fire

Emergency services were called to the incident shortly after 8.45pm on Friday.

By Ellidh Aitken
The road where the fire took place remained closed by police on Saturday. Image: Ellidh Aitken/DC Thomson
The road where the fire took place remained closed by police on Saturday. Image: Ellidh Aitken/DC Thomson

Two teenagers have been charged after a fire at a former industrial building in Dundee.

Emergency services were called to the blaze at Wester Gourdie Industrial Estate shortly after 8.45pm on Friday.

Police Scotland has now confirmed two 13-year-old boys were arrested and charged in connection with the incident.

The fire took hold at the old JWT (Scotland) Ltd building – also formerly home to Godfreys Technical Textiles.

The Dundee industrial estate fire lit up the sky on Friday night.
Firefighters battled a large blaze at Wester Gourdie Industrial Estate in Dundee on Friday night. Image: Supplied
Police car is parked outside building with damage from the fire visible.
Damage to the building is visible. Image: Ellidh Aitken/DC Thomson

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 9pm on Friday, 20 October, 2023, police received a report of a fire at a building in Gourdie Industrial Estate, Arrol Road, Dundee.

“Officers attended and two 13-year-old boys have been arrested and charged in connection with the incident.”

Police have blocked access to the old JWT building at Dundee industrial estate.
Police have blocked access to the building. Image: Ellidh Aitken/DC Thomson

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) confirmed crews were battling flames until after 1am.

Appliances were in attendance from Macalpine Road, Blackness Road and Balmossie fire station in Monifieth.

The road remained closed by police on Saturday.

The building, on the junction of Nobel Road and Arrol Road, was the site of a “suspicious” fire earlier this year, having already been damaged in a deliberate blaze in 2022.

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