Emergency services have confirmed there were no casualties at a flat fire in Wishaw last night.
Cocnerns were raised to the authorities around 6:30pm, after smoke was seen billowing from a first floor flat window.
Firefighters quickly got the blaze under control "with very little disruption".
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman told Lanarkshire Live : “We were alerted at 6.30pm on Thursday (May 5) to reports of a fire within a first floor flat in a building in Stewarton Street, Wishaw.
“Operations control immediately mobilised two fire engines to the location and firefighters wearing breathing apparatus extinguished the fire. There were no reports of any casualties.
“Crews left the scene after ensuring the area was made safe.”
A Police Scotland spokesman confirmed the incident with us, saying "there were no reports of any injuries".
One local businessman told us : "The flat above the takeaway was smoking and there was an ambulance on scene.
"The fire was out pretty quickly and the services were great."
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