A car was deliberately set on fire outside HMP Perth on Thursday morning.
Emergency services were called to the blaze at the prison’s car park on Edinburgh Road just before 1am.
The blaze was extinguished by a fire crew sent from Perth around 25 minutes later.
Police have now confirmed there were no injuries and the fire is being treated as wilful.
A spokesman for Scottish Fire and Rescue said: “We received reports of a car on fire in Edinburgh Road at 12.53am.
“One appliance from Perth arrived at 1am.
“We used two breathing apparatus and one hose reel to deal with the fire.
“A stop call was put in at 1.25am.”
Fire being treated as ‘wilful’
A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: ““Police received report of car on fire in the car park at HMP Perth at around 12.45am on Thursday.
“The fire was extinguished by Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and no-one was injured.
“The fire is being treated as wilful and enquiries are ongoing.”
A Scottish Prison Service spokesperson confirmed there were no injuries and the incident was reported to police.
