A 41 year-old man has been arrested and charged after a flat was allegedly torched in Ayrshire. The alleged early-hours attempted murder bid took place on Russell Drive in Ayr at around 4.30am on Saturday, September 10.
Emergency services, including Police Scotland and Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, raced to the scene of the top-floor flat blaze, where two women were stuck inside. Elsa Hainey, 44, and pregnant daughter, Gemma Wild, 27, were trapped in the property, and had to escape toxic smoke by sheltering on their balcony as flames crept up the main door.
Traumatised Elsa told Ayrshire Live: “On Friday night my daughter, her boyfriend and I were here. We were celebrating as she is 16 weeks pregnant with twins, and we had a gender reveal for her.
