The empty building on Stoneyhurst Street in Possilpark was undergoing renovations at the time of the fire.
A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a blaze at a Glasgow tenement block that firemen battled for two days.
The empty building on the city’s Stoneyhurst Street in Possilpark went up in flames on Sunday.
It was being refurbished when the fire took hold at around 5pm.
The building’s renovation works had been subject to rumours it was to be used for asylum seekers, refugees or asylum seekers.
Six fire engines and specialist resources were dispatched to the fire, which ripped through the fourth floor of the flat block.
Footage taken from the scene showed flames tearing through the roof of the flats.
Local residents told how the fire spread at a rapid pace. One said: “The flats on Stonyhurst Street which were being refurbished are on fire. The fire looks serious as flames are soaring through the roof.”
On Monday, John Swinney vowed “all the force of the law” would be applied if the tenement fire was deliberate.
Local Labour MSP Paul Sweeney said he was part of a group of elected representatives who secured funding for the formerly derelict building to be used to ease the city’s housing woes, with properties to be given to those on the waiting list of NG Homes.
Police said on Saturday: “A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a wilful fire in Glasgow.
“The incident was reported to the emergency services around 4.50pm on Sunday, 6 September, at an empty building on Stoneyhurst Street.
“There were no reported injuries.
“The 48-year-old man is due to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Monday, 14, September.”
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