Fire in Clyde Tunnel

Firefighters have extinguished a fire inside the northbound carriageway of the Clyde Tunnel in Glasgow.

Strathclyde Firefighters this afternoon extinguished a car fire inside the northbound carriageway of the Clyde Tunnel in Glasgow. There were no casualties. 

Strathclyde Fire & Rescue's Operations Support Centre received a call concerning the fire at 14.41hrs and two fire appliances from Govan Community Fire Station and one each from Yorkhill and Knightswood community fire stations were despatched to the scene. 

Fire crews found that the car on fire was about 150 metres inside the northbound tunnel. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus brought the incident under control by 15:43hrs. 

The incident caused the temporary closure of the southbound as well as northbound tunnel, causing considerable traffic disruption. The southbound tunnel was later switched to contraflow. 

PLEASE NOTE: Both tunnels are now open and operating normally.