Latest incident round-up

Two treated for smoke inhalation as crews tackle kitchen blaze.

A FIRE in a kitchen left two people requiring medical treatment as firefighters tackled a blaze in Cumbernauld in the early hours of this morning.

At around 6am, local crews were called to the Baird Crescent area of the town where they were faced with a fire involving cooking materials.

The two residents of the property had left the building before SFR personnel arrived on scene and were treated for smoke inhalation by paramedics. Meanwhile, firefighters wearing breathing apparatus, extinguished the blaze using a hosereel jet.

And, at around 6pm last night, firefighters from Bishopbriggs and Kirkintilloch were called to an incident in the Calfmuir Road area of Kirkintilloch. Crews arriving at the scene found a barn that was well alight and, due to the size of the blaze, further resources were mobilised.

Faced with difficulties in getting a strong supply of water to the barn, crews used four fire appliances to create a water relay that spanned half a mile, to ensure that good water pressure was maintained to help firefighters tackle the fire.

Firefighters remained on scene for several hours as they extinguished the blaze and brought the incident to a safe conclusion.