A Lanarkshire mum is reeling after her car was torched outside her home, just metres away from her sleeping daughter.
Vicky Gaughan's vehicle was set alight outside her home in the Pather area of Wishaw in the early hours of Friday morning.
Shocked Vicky watched on in horror as her BMW 3 Series went up in flames after a neighbour alerted her to the attack.
Fire crews were called at 12.16am who battled the blaze until 1.29am. Meanwhile police were called at 12.20am and launched an investigation soon after.
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Vicky, a salon owner, told the Wishaw Press: “I was woken by a neighbour banging on the door just after midnight.
“I’ve only had the car for nine months and I was so shocked to see it up in flames.
“My daughter was in bed and when she got up in the morning she was absolutely distraught.
“It just beggars belief, I can’t believe this has happened."
She added: “A similar thing happened to my neighbour a few months ago but I never expected it to happen to me.
“I don’t know how these people sleep at night.
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“The firefighters were here very quickly but it took them an hour to put the fire out as I had just put a full tank of petrol in the car.”
Her car, which has been completely destroyed, was one of three vehicles torched in the Wishaw area that night as police continue to hunt those responsible.
A Ford Transit pick-up was torched in nearby Alexander Street. Fire officers were called at 12.30am and did not leave the scene until 2.52am, while police were alerted to the blaze at 12.45am.
Then at 1.25am police received reports of a Volkswagen Golf on fire in Westwood Road. The blaze also caused damage to a Mitsibushi Eclipse that was parked nearby. Two fire appliances were sent to the blaze at 1.44am and left at 2.42am.
Officers probing the blaze attacks are following lines of enquiry and scouring CCTV.
Anyone with information is urged to come forward.
A Police Scotland spokesman said: “We can confirm that a BMW 3 Series was set alight at around 12.20am on Friday, June 3. The vehicle was extensively damaged and was extinguished by Scottish Fire and Rescue.
“In Alexander Street, Wishaw, at 12.54am on June 3 a Ford Transit pick-up was also extensively damaged by fire.
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“The fire service were en route to the fire in Pather when they observed this incident.
“Finally at 1.25am on June 3, a Volkswagen Golf and Mitsubishi Eclipse were damaged.
“The Volkswagen was set alight while the Mitsubishi was also damaged.
“Wishaw CID officers are following lines of enquiry including CCTV and we would ask anyone with information to come forward and contact Wishaw CID on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.”
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service confirmed the incidents to Glasgow Live on Tuesday evening.
A spokeswoman said: "We were called to a one-vehicle fire in Wishaw at 12.16am on June 3. One appliance was sent to the scene and left at 1.29am.
"At 12.30am on June 3 we were called to reports of one car on fire in Alexander Street, Wishaw. One appliance was sent and left the scene at 2.52am.
"At 1.44am we were called to a car fire in Westwood Road, Wishaw. Two appliances were sent and left the scene at 2.42am."
Police later told Glasgow Live that at the moment they do not believe the three car fires are linked.
