POLICE have issued an update on their investigation into a fire in the Gorbals.
We previously reported emergency services were called to Carlton Place at around 8.20pm on Monday, August 5 following a report of a building fire.
Cops have confirmed the fire is being treated as deliberate and an investigation remains ongoing.
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(Image: Carlton Place fire incident. Pictures by Gordon Terris.)
The former Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice building, which overlooks the River Clyde, was not in use and there were no reports of any injuries.
Images of the three-storey building show the roof has been completed destroyed by the blaze.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Around 8.20pm on Monday, August 5, we were called to a building fire on Carlton Place in Glasgow.
"Emergency services attended and there were no reports of injuries.
"The fire is being treated as wilful and enquiries are ongoing."
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(Image: Carlton Place fire incident. Pictures by Gordon Terris.)
Following the fire, owners who leave buildings at risk of fire or collapse should face tougher action from the council MSP Paul Sweeney has said after the Carlton Place building went up in flames for the second time this year.
On January 27, we reported a fire at a nearby property in the same terrace, which has been associated with some anti-social behaviour in the area.
The flames were extinguished and police revealed the remnants of an old cannabis cultivation were found within the building.
The MSP said the B-listed building is architecturally important and should be a showcase and needs to be protected.
(Image: Gordon Terris)
Sweeney, said: "There was a fire in January in the same building.
"It has been used as a squat by vulnerable people and also associated with some of the anti-social behaviour that goes on in the area.
"I am embarrassed as a Glaswegian at the continuing obvious decline.
"I know the council says the responsibility is with the owners.
"They began demolition of buildings at the back and left it exposed with no manned security, which left it vulnerable."
He said Carlton Place has gone from being architecturally sound six years ago when the hospice moved out to now being one of the most at-risk buildings in the city.
Carlton Place was closed while investigations were carried out but the road reopened to all traffic and pedestrians at around 2pm this afternoon.
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