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Glasgow Live
Glasgow Live
National
Keiran Fleming

Glasgow fire service swarm city centre to battle late night building blaze

Emergency services sped to a city centre building fire last night which crews battled until the early hours of this morning.

Police and six fire appliances rushed to Napiershall Lane at around 10pm on Wednesday night following reports of a blaze at a property on the street.

Fire crews remained on the scene until the inferno was extinguished in the early hours of this morning.

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A witness told Glasgow Live that a section Great Western Road and Napiershall Street had been shut off while emergency services tried to control the fire.

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: “We were alerted at 10.04pm on Wednesday, 1 March to reports of a building fire in Glasgow.

"Operations Control mobilised six appliances to the city's Napiershall Lane, where firefighters were met by a well-developed fire within the ground floor of a commercial building.

"Crews extinguished the fire and worked to make the area safe before leaving the scene.

"There were no casualties."

Police Scotland say they were on the scene to assist with traffic management.

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