Fatal fire in Glasgow

Fire crews from Polmadie and Calton Community Fire Stations were mobilised to a reported house fire in Caledonia Road in the Gorbals district of Glasgow shortly before noon today.

On arrival the incident commander was confronted by a fire in a maisonette type residence within the tenement block. The incident commander having established that an occupier was still within the dwelling tasked firefighters, wearing breathing apparatus, to enter the house for rescue and firefighting purposes.

The crews attempted a rescue and fought their way through intense heat and smoke. Tragically an elderly male perished at the scene.

One firefighter suffered slight burns during the course of the incident and has been taken to hospital for treatment by attending ambulance crews.

Fire crews also evacuated residents from adjacent premises as a precautionary measure.

The cause of the fire will be investigated jointly by Strathclyde Fire & Rescue and the Police. There is no further information available at this time.