A car has been set alight in a targeted fire attack on a busy main road.

The vehicle was set on fire on Sunday evening outside a house on Ashgill Road in Milton, Glasgow.

Police and fire crews were called out to the blaze in the north of the city at around 7.40pm and launched a joint investigation after bringing the fire under control.

The blaze is being treated as deliberate and police have launched a hunt for those behind the attack.

A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said: "Around 7.40pm on Sunday, police were called to a report of a car on fire outside a property on Ashgill Road, in Glasgow.

"Emergency services attended and following a joint investigation between police and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service the fire is being treated as wilful.

"Inquiries are ongoing into the incident."