Incident update 15th July

Fire crews battle multi storey flat fire

Another extremely busy day for our firefighters yesterday with a total of 152 incidents consisting of 65 fires, 64 false alarms and 16 special services

• At 4pm, Crews from Pollok, Govan, Castlemilk and Paisley Community Fire Stations attended a large fire in the Cardonald area of Glasgow. The fire broke out on the fifth floor of a seventh storey block of flats and tragically one elderly resident was confirmed dead at the scene. Crews wearing breathing apparatus conducted a search and rescue of the building and led occupants to safety where appropriate and where there was no need for evacuation, firefighters remained with residents to offer reassurance. The incident continued for a considerable time and Strathclyde Fire & Rescue's state of the art Aerial Rescue Pump was brought in to attack the fire in the upper floor.  
• At the other end of the city, firefighters from Easterhouse were also tackling a house blaze this time in Baillieston. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus fought the fire in the first floor flat using a main jet.
• Just before 7pm, a crew from Polmadie Community Fire Station were called to assist police following an incident where a car had gone through a fence onto a railway line. Firefighters used heavy duty cutting equipment to cut away the fence to allow the vehicle to be recovered.