Fire in South Side scrap yard

Fire Crews from Govan Community Fire Station were mobilised shortly before 6:30 this evening to a reported fire in a scrap metal merchants at King George V docks in Glasgow's south side.

Fire Crews from Govan Community Fire Station were mobilised shortly before 6:30 this evening to a reported fire in a scrap metal merchants at King George V docks in Glasgow's south side.

The crews arrived to find an extremely deep seated fire within the smouldering mass of scrap metal which was producing large volumes of thick smoke.

The Incident Commander having tasked his crews to attack the fire was hampered by the poor mains water supply and immediately called for additional resources to overcome this difficulty. The additional appliance, mobilised from Renfrew Community Fire Station, was deployed to supplement the water supplies by lifting water from the adjacent River Clyde.

An onsite mobile excavator was also utilised to grab, break down and disperse the enormous the pile of metal and allow the fire crews to reach the seat of the fire and ensure there was no fire spread to any nearby structures.

Strathclyde Fire & Rescue expect to remain at this incident for the next few hours.

There is no further information available at this time.