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Fire fighters at the scene(Image: Steve Welsh\/Daily Record)<\/p>\nEmergency services went to the substation in West Nile Street, Glasgow when the alarm was raised at around 4.30pm on Saturday.<\/p>\n
19:16, 15 Nov 2025Updated 20:09, 15 Nov 2025<\/p>\n
Fire fighters at the scene(Image: Steve Welsh\/Daily Record)<\/p>\n
Roads have been cordoned off in the city centre of Glasgow <\/a>as over 50 firefighters tackle a blaze at an electrical substation.<\/p>\n Emergency services raced to West Nile Street<\/a> when the alarm was raised at around 4.30pm on Saturday. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said an H&M store near the substation was evacuated while they dealt with the incident.<\/p>\n Eight fire engines, a high reach appliance and a command support unit were at the scene on Saturday evening. People posting on social media<\/a> described hearing explosions and lights flickering in the area just before the incident.<\/p>\n There were no reports of any injuries<\/a>.<\/p>\n Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community!<\/p>\n Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today.<\/p>\n You’ll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland.<\/p>\n No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team.<\/p>\n All you have to do is click here<\/a>, select ‘Join Community’ and you’re in!<\/p>\n We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don\u2019t like our community, you can check out any time you like.<\/p>\n To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose ‘exit group’.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.<\/a><\/p>\n Police said that some roads are closed and advised people to avoid the area.<\/p>\n A Police Scotland<\/a> spokesperson said: \u201cWest Nile Street in Glasgow is closed from Renfield Street to Bath Street after a fire was reported at a premises in West Nile Street around 4.35pm on Saturday, November 15.<\/p>\n \u201cMotorists are advised to avoid the area<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Glasgow City Council\u2019s traffic information bulletin service said that West Nile Street was closed between Bath Street and West George Street, and West Regent Street was shut between Renfield Street and West Nile Street due to the fire<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emergency services went to the substation in West Nile Street, Glasgow when the alarm was raised at around…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,1143,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-572751","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-scottish-fire-and-rescue-service","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115555707656075438","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}