Wednesday 03 February 2010
Fatal fire in Glasgow

Fire crews from Polmadie and Calton Community Fire Stations were mobilised to a reported house fire in Caledonia Road in the Gorbals district of Glasgow shortly before noon today.

On arrival the incident commander was confronted by a fire in a maisonette type residence within the tenement block. The incident commander having established that an occupier was still within the dwelling tasked firefighters, wearing breathing apparatus, to enter the house for rescue and firefighting purposes.

The crews attempted a rescue and fought their way through intense heat and smoke. Tragically an elderly male perished at the scene.

One firefighter suffered slight burns during the course of the incident and has been taken to hospital for treatment by attending ambulance crews.

Fire crews also evacuated residents from adjacent premises as a precautionary measure.

The cause of the fire will be investigated jointly by Strathclyde Fire & Rescue and the Police. There is no further information available at this time.

Saturday 23 January 2010
Fire in Paisley shop

Firefighters from Paisley Community Fire Station were mobilsed to a reported shop fire in Paisley's Greenock Road at 5 a.m. this morning.

On arrival the Incident Commander was confronted with a developing fire which was spreading into the roofspace of the single storey shop.

Fire crews overcame initial access difficulties to the premises using hydraulic cutting equipment and subsequently brought the blaze under control utilising a combination of ground and aerial firefighting jets.

Residents of the adjoining tenement properties, who were evacuated as a precautionary measure, have now been been allowed to return to thier homes.

Strathclyde Police assisted the Fire Service in traffic management of the immediate area.

Strathclyde Fire & Rescue and Strathclyde Police will carry out a joint investigation to establish the cause of the fire.

There is no further information available at this time.

Tuesday 19 January 2010
Rescues and fatality in Govan flat fire

This morning at 01:55GMT Strathclyde Fire & Rescue responded to a Ground Floor Flat Fire in Whitefield Road, Govan, Glasgow.

Upon arrival fire crews from Govan & Polmadie entered the premises wearing breathing apparatus, extinguished the fire and rescued a total of five casualties. Two of the casualties were rescued from the top floor flat using ladders.

Three casualties were taken by Ambulance to the Southern General Hospital, with two taken to the Victoria Infirmary, all suffering from Smoke Inhalation.

The Fire Service was later informed of one male fatality from the casualties taken to hospital.

A full investigation into the cause of the fire is being undertaken by Strathclyde Fire & Rescue in conjunction with Strathclyde Police.

There is no further information at this stage.