Investigation launched as police treat building blaze as ‘deliberate’

Firefighters battled through the night to extinguish the large blaze.

Police are treating a fire which ripped through a four-storey listed building in Kilmarnock town centre as deliberate.

The public are being urged to avoid King Street following the blaze which led to the internal collapse of the building and road closures.

A local tattoo artist has been among the business owners worst affected.

Tara Fitzpatrick reports

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