Footage shows three vans burst into fireball after attack outside Glasgow supermarket
Police and fire crews were called to Pollokshields shortly after midnight on Saturday.
Shocking footage captured the moment three vans burst into flames in a firebomb attack outside a supermarket in Glasgow.
The parked vehicles were targeted outside Strawberry Garden - a grocers and cash and carry - just after midnight on Saturday.
The motors exploded into a fireball on Forth Street in the Pollokshields area, causing a huge plume of black smoke.
Cops have launched probe into the deliberate blaze.
a blaze probe into the incident described by one local as "deliberate and malicious".
One video taken by an eyewitness shows the intensity of the inferno as the vehicles are engulfed. Huge flames can be seen bursting out of the vans as black smoke billows out from above.
Three Scottish Fire and Rescue crews were scrambled to the scene at 12.08am with crews working for two hours to extinguish the fire.
Police locked down the scene as shocked locals and shop workers began to gather near the cordon.
One witness who was working at a nearby business said: "It was crazy there were police everywhere. Three vans were on fire outside Strawberry Garden. I couldn't get out to see my car for a while so I didn't know if it was on fire or not.
"I had parked further down Forth Street earlier. Luckily it was far enough away from the blaze.
"By the time I finished at 2am I was allowed to leave by police."
Pictures taken at the scene today show how all three motors were left a burnt out shell.
One motor was so badly torched that only the bottom half and wheels remained intact. Another van had completely melted into the road.
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Detectives returned to behind the cordon to assess the damage.
A recovery vehicle was also at the scene ready to remove the charred remains from the scene.
Police say they are treating the fire as suspicious.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: 'Around 12.05am on Saturday, 21 June, 2025, police received a report of three vehicles on fire in the Forth Street area of Glasgow.
"The fires were extinguished by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and no injuries were reported. The incident is being treated as suspicious and enquiries are ongoing.'
A spokesperson for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: "Around 12.08am Scottish Fire and Rescue Service were called to a report of three vehicles on fire on Forth Street, Glasgow.
"We mobilised three appliances to the scene. There were no reports of injuries.
"Crews left at 2.09am."
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