{"id":260169,"date":"2025-07-12T23:37:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T23:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/260169\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T23:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T23:37:12","slug":"major-incident-as-police-and-fire-crews-swarm-area-near-glasgow-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/260169\/","title":{"rendered":"Major incident as police and fire crews swarm area near Glasgow river"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EMERGENCY services have swarmed an area next to a river in Glasgow amid a major incident. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/cops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cops<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/paramedics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paramedics<\/a> and firefighters are all in attendance at the scene on Kelvindale Road near the city&#8217;s Maryhill. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ambulance and paramedic at a possible incident near a river.\" height=\"543\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/possible-child-river-via-oliver-1009492151.jpg\" data-caption=\"Mercy crews have swarmed Kelvindale Road near Maryhill in Glasgow amid a major incident\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/possible-child-river-via-oliver-1009492151.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Mercy crews have swarmed Kelvindale Road near Maryhill in Glasgow amid a major incident<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Firefighters near a river.\" height=\"543\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/possible-child-river-via-oliver-1009492148.jpg\" data-caption=\"Cops, firefighters and paramedics all descended on the scene this evening\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/possible-child-river-via-oliver-1009492148.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Cops, firefighters and paramedics all descended on the scene this evening<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Two police officers standing by a trash can in a park.\" height=\"960\" width=\"720\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/possible-child-river-via-oliver-1009492147.jpg\" data-caption=\"Two officers stand guard at a path beside the road leading onto the National Cycle Network\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/possible-child-river-via-oliver-1009492147.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Two officers stand guard at a path beside the road leading onto the National Cycle Network<\/p>\n<p>The emergency services, including water rescue support teams, are parked up on the busy road beside the River Kelvin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Police<\/a> officers are standing guard at a path beside the road leading onto the National Cycle Network. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/nature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nature<\/a> of the incident is currently unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Locals reported seeing a police helicopter circling overhead. <\/p>\n<p>READ MORE ON THE SCOTTISH SUN<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Scottish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fire<\/a> and Rescue Service said: &#8220;There is an ongoing incident we are currently attending.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Police Scotland and the Scottish Ambulance Service have been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, we told how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/news\/15074500\/woman-dies-scottish-beauty-spot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a woman has died after falling at a waterfall popular with swimmers and sunbathers near Glasgow. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The victim, 63, was fatally injured as families flocked to the beauty spot in the Campsie Glen on the hottest day of the year. <\/p>\n<p>Police, fire engines and an ambulance were sent to the area where a hiker was hospitalised after plunging 25ft last summer. <\/p>\n<p>An onlooker told The Scottish Sun: \u201cThere was a lot of people crying at the scene. The police and ambulance service are there. I think a specialist climbing unit had also been there earlier. It\u2019s quite a hilly and rocky area. It\u2019s easy to fall over the side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Woman dies after tragic fall at busy Scots beauty spot in front of \u2018distraught\u2019 crowd<\/p>\n<p>Police sealed off a nearby car park with blue tape and were stopping drivers from entering after the accident around 12.35pm.<\/p>\n<p>The woman was treated by paramedics but could not be saved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EMERGENCY services have swarmed an area next to a river in Glasgow amid a major incident. 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