A fireraiser who caused £90,000 worth of damage in a blaze at his flat has been jailed for more than four years.
Sheriff George Way told David Simpson, 39, who had to be rescued from the roof of the burning property, that people could have died because of his actions.
He admitted torching the house on August 20 last year his second conviction for such an offence.
Simpson, of Transform, Soapworks Lane, was handed a 50-month prison sentence, plus a 12-month supervised release order.
He had admitted wilfully setting fire to furniture, household items and rubbish placed immediately behind the main door of the flat by pouring white spirit or similar over the property and igniting it.
Simpson admitted that the fire took effect and damaged the flat and its contents.
Dundee Sheriff Court heard Simpson was seen standing on the roof of the Hilltown property, holding on to the chimney and had to be rescued by firefighters.
Police attended the scene and closed the road while firefighters evacuated the flats and extinguished the fire.
The court had heard that lighters and a piece of carpet with an accelerant smell were taken from the flat.
Simpson’s solicitor, Ann Johnston, told the court her client had little recollection of the offence.
She said: “Once sober he is an articulate, intelligent man.”
Jailing him, Sheriff George Way said: “This is your second conviction for wilful fireraising. Fireraising puts not only valuable buildings at risk I’m told it was £90,000 worth of damage on this building but far more seriously, you can’t put a price on human life.
“In this incident I accept that if there was any person you intended to harm it was yourself.
“But by doing what you did, and in particular by seeking help and climbing out on to the chimney stack, you put firefighters at risk.”
Sheriff Way also told Simpson: “In addition there will be a supervised release order for a period of one year in the community.”