POLICE have launched a probe after a car was deliberately set alight in Glasgow's South Side. 

Emergency services were called to Merrylee Road in Cathcart on Friday night at around 11.25 pm.

Firefighters could be seen tackling the flames of the car, believed to be a Mercedes, in a video obtained by the Evening Times. 

A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Indications was the car was set on fire deliberately and enquiries are ongoing."