Cops hunting fire raising thug

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Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Detectives are hunting a fire raising thug who targeted householders in Elderslie.The culprit struck on Saturday evening at around 10.10 pm by deliberately starting a fire at a common close in the town’s Main Street.A householder who smelt smoke contacted the fire service to report the blaze.And residents were forced to remain indoors because the fire blocked their exit from their homes.However the fire service were quickly on the scene to extinguish the blaze.No one was injured in the fire but it caused extensive damage to the common close.CID in Paisley are treating it as an incident of deliberate fire raising and have launched an appeal for.