Crews tackle chemical spill in Glasgow's Mitchell Library

Busy 24 hours for crews as they attend 110 incidents across Strathclyde

FIREFIGHTERS tackled a chemical spill in Glasgow's Mitchell Library yesterday during a busy 24-hours that saw crews attend 110 incidents across the Strathclyde area.

At around 9.30am crews from Cowcaddens, Yorkhill and Calton were called to the historic library following reports of a chemical leak in the basement.

Firefighters arrived on scene to find that the leak was coming from the inhibitor unit of the central heating system.  Crews wearing breathing apparatus sets isolated and contained the leak and requested that one of SFR's Scientific Advisors be mobilised to the scene as a precaution.

Once on the scene, the Scientific Advisor carried out a number of tests on the liquid to confirm that it was safe before firefighters washed away the spill and removed the faulty part of the heating system, bringing the incident to a quick and safe conclusion.

Meanwhile,  at around 11.25am crews from  Girvan and Colmonell were called to the car park at Chalmers Arcade in Girvan following reports of a road traffic collision.  Crews arrived on scene to find a man and a woman trapped in a vehicle after they had reversed into a wall. Firefighters worked with ambulance service staff to make the vehicle safe enough to remove the casualties before both were taken to Ayr Hospital, by ambulance, for further treatment.

Finally, firefighters from Pollok came to the rescue of a child yesterday, who had trapped his leg between the bars of a metal bench on Riverford Road.  Crews worked quickly to help the boy free his leg, before he was checked at the scene by paramedics as a precaution.