Police are appealing for information following a deliberate fire at a Scottish restaurant and takeaway.
Emergency services were called to Burgur Grill on Titchfield Street in Kilmarnock in the early hours of Friday.
No-one was injured in the blaze, however, the building was extensively damaged.
Police are keen to hear from anyone who may have seen anything suspicious to contact them.
READ MORE: Probe launched after man found dead at city hostel
Detective Constable Paul Gartland, Kilmarnock CID, said: "Although this fire happened in the early hours of the morning, from CCTV we know that there were a number of cars or taxis in the area at the time.
"We are keen to hear from anyone who was in the street and who may have seen anyone acting suspiciously or running from the building between 1.45 am and 2 am.
"Also, if you have dash-cam footage from the road between those times then please get in touch as it may have captured footage that may help our investigation."
Any information can be passed to officers via 101 quoting reference number 0347 of Friday, 26 May 2023. Alternatively, details can be passed anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here