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Glasgow Live
National
Andrea Lambrou

Lanarkshire building site fire creates plume of thick black smoke that can be seen for miles

Thick black smoke could be seen for miles when a blaze broke out at a Lanarkshire building site.

The fire broke out on Saturday night with flames tearing through materials at Langlands on Greenhills Road, East Kilbride around 9pm.

Firefighters raced to the scene and managed to bring it under control before precious woodland next to the site was destroyed, Lanarkshire Live reports. The cause of the fire is still being investigated, but thankfully no one was injured.

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A SFRS spokeswoman said: "Operations control mobilised two appliances to the scene.

"Firefighters extinguished the fire and crews left after ensuring the area was made safe.

"There were no reported casualties."

Police Scotland confirmed they were made aware of the incident, but deferred to SFRS for further details.

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