Fourth person charged over Hilltown Indoor Market blaze

A 19-year-old man has been charged by police in connection with a blaze that destroyed Hilltown Indoor Market.

He is the fourth person to be charged by police in connection with the September 12 incident.

Three teenagers, aged 13, 15 and 16, were charged by police on Tuesday.

Emergency services were called to market around 6pm in the evening but were unable to save the building or the the neighbouring Fit4Less gym.

The market had closed in December 2016 but was set to re-open as a base for the charity Tayside Furniture Re-Use Network, which refurbished unwanted furniture.

A spokesman for Police Scotland’s Tayside Division said: “Police Scotland can confirm that a 19-year-old man has been charged in connection with a fire at the Indoor Market, Main Street, Dundee on Wednesday September 12.

“He will be reported to the Procurator Fiscal.”

Three teens charged in connection with market blaze

The fire was the third major blaze to hit Dundee in three successive nights.

Two days earlier several farm animals died in a fire near Strathmartine.

Then Braeview Academy was badly damaged by a fire the following evening.

A 15 -year-old boy was charged in connection with the school fire.

The incidents are not thought to be connected.