{"id":55356,"date":"2025-04-27T17:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T17:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/55356\/"},"modified":"2025-04-27T17:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T17:57:09","slug":"four-fire-engines-frantically-battle-roaring-glasgow-blaze-as-cops-lock-down-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/55356\/","title":{"rendered":"Four fire engines frantically battle roaring Glasgow blaze as cops lock down roads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FIRE crews are frantically battling a roaring blaze which has forced nearby road closures.  <\/p>\n<p>A plume of dark grey smoke engulfed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/where\/glasgow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glasgow<\/a>&#8216;s east end today after a derelict building went up in flames.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Emergency services responding to a building fire.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Garry F McHarg FOCAL Scotland\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/yahoo-co-uk-image-subject-990340398.jpg\" data-caption=\"A lone police officer stands guard as nearby roads are closed\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/yahoo-co-uk-image-subject-990340398.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>A lone police officer stands guard as nearby roads are closedCredit: Garry F McHarg FOCAL Scotland<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/police-scotland\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Police Scotland<\/a> also raced to Wardie Road in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/easterhouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Easterhouse<\/a> to assist with traffic management. <\/p>\n<p>Officers flung up blue and white tape around nearby streets affected by the inferno. <\/p>\n<p>A cop car flashed its blue lights to alert drivers of the danger as shocked youngsters watched as flames ripped through the building.<\/p>\n<p>An onlooker said: &#8220;The fire looks like it&#8217;s really taken hold, there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/emergency-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emergency services<\/a> everywhere. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can see the grey smoke for miles, hopefully, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/firefighters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">firefighters<\/a> can extinguish it before somebody is hurt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, another officer, wearing a high-vis vest, has cordoned off a separate part of the road next to a wooded area.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s understood residential properties that look onto the site of the fire are unaffected.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/scottish-fire-and-rescue-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottish Fire and Rescue Service<\/a> remains on the scene.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman said: &#8220;We were called today at 15.12 to reports of a fire at a derelict building on Wardie Road, Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two appliances were originally deployed but we now have a total of four, including a high reach, on the scene.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear what has sparked today&#8217;s fire in Glasgow. <\/p>\n<p>The fire service confirmed an update would be released on the incident in due course. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Firefighters and police officers at the scene of a large fire.\" height=\"679\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Garry F McHarg FOCAL Scotland\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/yahoo-co-uk-image-subject-990340906_ec1a29.jpg\" data-caption=\"Fire crews are frantically battling a blaze in a derelict building in Glasgow\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/yahoo-co-uk-image-subject-990340906_ec1a29.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Fire crews are frantically battling a blaze in a derelict building in GlasgowCredit: Garry F McHarg FOCAL Scotland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FIRE crews are frantically battling a roaring blaze which has forced nearby road closures. 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