Fears serial or copycat fireraisers are at work in Glenrothes have intensified following yet another suspicious car fire.
After another was torched at around 9pm on Friday in Warout Road, eight cars have now been destroyed in the space of six days.
In the latest incident, a vehicle was set alight while parked in a driveway and sustained significant damage.
Fortunately, however, no one was injured and no other property was damaged as a result.
This was the second car fire in consecutive evenings in the Warout area.
Two further vehicles were set ablaze in the early hours of Thursday on Alexander Road and police are investigating whether all of these offences are linked.
It followed an incident in the early hours of Monday when a car was set on fire inside a lock-up garage on Sinclair Avenue, with the blaze destroying five vehicles and six garages.
Emergency services were called to the area and managed to control the fires before they could spread to nearby houses.
Detective Sergeant Sean Ferrier said of Friday’s incident: “Fortunately this reckless act did not result in any injury but the consequences could have been far more severe.”
DS Ferrier added: “I am keen to hear from anyone who was in the area on Friday night and remembers seeing anyone or anything suspicious.
“Similarly, anyone who has information in relation to any of these fires is asked to contact police immediately.”
Detective Sergeant Samantha Davidson said on Thursday while the police had no information linking the previous incidents, they were similar in many respects.
In the Alexander Road incident, it appears there was an attempt to steal one of the cars before it was set on fire.
The second car on that occasion was totally destroyed and police were unable to say whether an attempt had been made to steal the car before it was set on fire.
Police say those responsible have “total disregard to the safety of the occupants of nearby houses” and had it not been for the prompt response of the fire services, it is entirely possible the fires may have spread to nearby properties.
Residents whose cars were destroyed have spoken of their despair at the damage.
Anyone with any information about the fires is asked to contact police on 101.