Firefighters rescue 3

Fire crews rescued 3 adult casualties from a dwelling house in South Lanarkshire late last night.

Two appliances from Hamilton Community Fire Station were mobilised to Elm Street in Blantyre shortly after 11:30 pm on recept of a message from Strathclyde Fire & Rescue's Operation Support Centre in Hamilton which had received calls reporting the incident.

On arrival at the scene the Incident Commander quickly established that there were residents still inside the mid terraced property and immediately tasked his crews to enter the premises to extinguish the fire and carry ouy out any rescues from within.

The fire crews , who were clad in breathing apparatus, rapidly entered the house, extinguished the fire and rescued 2 adult females and 1 adult male.

The casualties who were suffering from smoke inhalation were treated  on the scene by ambulance crews but did not require further hospital treatment.

The cause of the fire is presently unknown and the subject of an investigation.

There is no further information available at this time.