{"id":282108,"date":"2025-07-22T09:08:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T09:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/282108\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T09:08:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T09:08:19","slug":"cruel-vandals-set-fire-to-glasgow-nursery-garden-devastating-pupils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/282108\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruel vandals &#8216;set fire&#8217; to Glasgow nursery garden devastating pupils"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rockfield Nursery say they are &#8220;saddened by the continued vandalism&#8221; to their nursery in Barmulloch.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/519515936_1387357882836477_8809865594561468245_n.png\" alt=\"The incident occurred on Friday\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>The incident occurred on Friday(Image: Rockfield Nursery Glasgow)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Cruel <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">vandals<\/a> have &#8220;set fire&#8221; to a children&#8217;s playhouse at a Glasgow nursery leaving pupils, parents and staff devastated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Emergency<\/a> crews raced to Rockfield Nursery on Rockfield Road, in Barmulloch, on Friday night at around 9.38pm after receiving reports of a fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Two appliances were sent to battle the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">blaze<\/a> and left the scene at 10.12pm after working to make the area safe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Police Scotland<\/a> are understood to be investigating the alleged wilful fire. No one was injured in the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A parent whose child attends the nursery told <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowlive.co.uk\/news\/glasgow-news\/cruel-vandals-set-fire-glasgow-32106333\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Glasgow LiveLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Glasgow Live<\/a>: &#8220;They have set fire to the children&#8217;s playhouse that had just recently been purchased for them. My child absolutely loved the playhouse and I know it was a very loved piece of garden equipment that cost the nursery a lot of money to buy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/520532873_1387357902836475_8408441865827925652_n.png\" alt=\"The remains of the playhouse\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>The remains of the playhouse(Image: Rockfield Nursery Glasgow)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The garden is one of their biggest assets, all the children love it and they have put a lot of love and effort into it so it&#8217;s such a <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">shame<\/a> that they are having to deal with this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The nursery issued an update to parents on Sunday, July 20, saying &#8220;we are saddened by the continued <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">vandalism<\/a> to our nursery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">They added: &#8220;Our children will be <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">devastated<\/a> when they return on Tuesday, July 22.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We urge the community to help us <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">stop<\/a> this. If you have any information that may help us, please contact the nursery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We are working with the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">police<\/a> to try and resolve this matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: &#8220;We were alerted at 9.38pm on Friday, 18 July to reports of a <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">fire<\/a> in the open on Rockfield Road, Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Operations Control mobilised two appliances to the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">scene<\/a>, where firefighters worked to extinguish the fire. Crews left the scene at 10.12pm after working to make the area safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A Police Scotland spokesperson said: \u201cAround 10pm on Friday, 18 July, 2025, we received a report of a fire and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">vandalism<\/a> at a premises in the Rockfield Road area of Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cOfficers attended to assist the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the fire was extinguished. 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