Fire in Paisley shop

Firefighters from Paisley Community Fire Station were mobilsed to a reported shop fire in Paisley's Greenock Road at 5 a.m. this morning.

On arrival the Incident Commander was confronted with a developing fire which was spreading into the roofspace of the single storey shop.

Fire crews overcame initial access difficulties to the premises using hydraulic cutting equipment and subsequently brought the blaze under control utilising a combination of ground and aerial firefighting jets.

Residents of the adjoining tenement properties, who were evacuated as a precautionary measure, have now been been allowed to return to thier homes.

Strathclyde Police assisted the Fire Service in traffic management of the immediate area.

Strathclyde Fire & Rescue and Strathclyde Police will carry out a joint investigation to establish the cause of the fire.

There is no further information available at this time.