Man arrested after Glasgow building fire
A 48-year-old man has been charged after a fire broke out at a derelict building on Stoneyhurst Street
A man has been arrested and charged following a wilful fire at an empty building in Glasgow.
Emergency services were called to Stoneyhurst Street at around 4.50pm on Sunday, 6 September.
A 48-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the incident.
No injuries were reported.
The man is due to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Monday, 14 September 2026.
Following the incident, Glasgow Labour MSP Paul Sweeney suggested the fire came after people spread “malicious disinformation” and described it as “completely outrageous”.
In a post on Facebook, he said: “After 20 years of these tenements sitting derelict, finally, after much work by myself and other elected representatives, we secured nearly £3 million in government investment to bring these tenements back, renovate them, so they can be used for the community in a city with a housing emergency.
“This block here will be used for housing those on the NG Homes housing waiting list, which is massively oversubscribed.
“It was never going to illegal immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers – it was never intended for that purpose at all.
“So, anyone claiming that was spreading lies, misinformation, to generate clicks on social media, to whip up the community, wind people up and this is the upshot of it – we’ve got potential massive multi-million-pound investment being destroyed in the midst of a socially-deprived community like this one in Possilpark, outrageous after so much effort.”