Saltire Soccer Centre & Saltire Soft PlayPolice are appealing for information following a suspicious fire at a soft play centre in Midlothian on Saturday night.
Between 11.30pm and 11.45pm on Saturday, August 12, Saltire soft play centre in Dalkeith at Mayfield industrial estate was deliberately set on fire.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue attended and quickly extinguished the fire.
Police are now keen to trace a man who was dressed in black and seen in the area at the time.
Owners said that the soft play centre would be closed for “a few days” following the fire.
Detective constable Russell Taylor of CID said: We are treating the fire as wilful, and our enquiries are ongoing.
“We are keen to trace a man dressed in black who was seen in the area at the time.
“I would appeal to anyone driving in the area who may have dash cam footage which could help contact us.”
Anyone with any information is asked to contact 101 quoting incident 4613 of August 12. 2023.
Alternatively Crimestoppers can be contacted on 0800 555 111, where anonymity can be maintained.
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