Fire crews attend structural collapse in Glasgow

Thirty five firefighters attend Glasgow incident

Strathclyde Fire & Rescue are currently  dealing with an incident involving a partial building collapse at Victoria Road, Glasgow.

Strathclyde Fire & Rescue were called to the incident at 6pm this evening. Fire crews arrived at the incident to discover a partial building collapse from the first floor drying area of a four storey tenement building. Large parts of masonry from the collapse had fallen onto the roof of a single storey snooker hall, causing its roof to partially collapse.
 
Firefighters have evacuated residents from the tenement building as a precautionary measure, and they are using shoring equipment to stabilise and prevent any further structural collapse within the snooker hall.  Building control officers from Glasgow City Council are at the incident to assess the stability of the structures.
Approximately thirty five firefighters are currently at the incident with four fire appliances. A Major Incident Unit and a Heavy Rescue Vehicle are in attendance, both of which have specialist equipment including heavy lifting and shoring equipment.

There are no reported injuries at the incident.