Six rescued from tenement fire

A fire in the basement area of a 6 storey tenement building led to the rescue of 6 residents from upper storey windows of the property this afternoon.

Fire crews from Yorkhill and Maryhill Community Fire Stations were mobilised to the report of a fire at Gray Street in Glasgows West End at 13:45 hrs this afternoon.

On arrival at the scene the Incident Commander was faced with a well developed fire and immediately tasked his crews to extinguish the fire and ensure that all residents were safe and accounted for at the scene.

Due the intense volume of acrid smoke engulfing the affected common close area 10 firefighters were donned in breathing apparatus to combat the exacting conditions, extinguish the flames and carry out a systematic search of the premises.

A decision was taken by the Incident Commander to utilise a combination of fire service ladders and the platform from one of the attending aerial rescue pumps to safely guide and lower the 6 alarmed residents to ground level. None of the residents required any treatment or onward transportation to hospital by the ambulance crews on hand.

Strathclyde Police assisted the fire service in the traffic management of the immediate area.

At the height of the incident there were 30 firefighters in attendance. The fire is now under control with fire crews deploying specialist ventilation equipment to return the scene to normality.

The cause of the fire is presently unknown and there is no further information available at this time.