Residents watch in horror as enormous blaze takes hold at Scots primary school

dailyrecord.co.uk:

An "enormous" blaze in the grounds of a Scots primary school that consumed an equipment shed is being treated as wilful by police.More than a dozen people phoned 999 after the fire took hold in the grounds of Muiredge Primary School in Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, at around 3.45pm on August 9.

Eyewitnesses said thick smoke soared into the sky as the shed, believed to contain wooden pallets, burned - and high winds threatened to divert the flames towards neighbouring houses.The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service sent one fire engine to the Watson Street school, and firefighters used a single hose reel jet to extinguish the blaze and dampen down the scene.

They left the scene at around 4.20pm.A local resident told the Record that she had her windows open amid the muggy weather - but had to close them when she realised she wasn't smelling a barbeque from the next house over.She said: "It started at about 3.45pm.

I first noticed the smell as my windows were open and I thought someone was having a barbeque in a garden over the wall. It was a wee shed that was on fire - the smoke got stronger really quickly and the flames were enormous."My first thought was for the kids that play around there, and there's a grassy area beside the school that they use as a cycle path.