{"id":618087,"date":"2025-12-07T14:37:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T14:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/618087\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T14:37:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T14:37:20","slug":"historic-glasgow-church-destroyed-in-huge-overnight-blaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/618087\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Glasgow church destroyed in huge overnight blaze"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 183-year-old church on the city\u2019s south side has been badly damaged by fire, with part of the building collapsing.<\/p>\n

13:49, 07 Dec 2025Updated 14:04, 07 Dec 2025<\/p>\n

The blaze at its height.(Image: Lorna Mcconaghy)<\/p>\n

A historic church located in Glasgow\u2019s<\/a> southside has been destroyed in an overnight blaze.<\/p>\n

Fire crews<\/a> were called to Pollokshaws Parish Church on Shawbridge Street in the early hours of Sunday morning, December 7, after reports of a fire at around 2.44am.<\/p>\n

Flames gutted much of the 182-year-old building, and part of the church<\/a> has collapsed in the incident.<\/p>\n

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) confirmed to Glasgow Live<\/a> that three fire appliances, including a high-reach unit, were deployed to tackle the blaze in the early hours of the morning.<\/p>\n

As of 11.30am, crews remain at the scene, with Shawbridge Street closed to traffic while the fire continues to be managed.<\/p>\n

Shawbridge Street remains closed(Image: Daily Record)<\/p>\n

Flats on either side of the church were evacuated as a precaution, but no injuries have been reported.<\/p>\n

Firefighters have been fighting the fire from outside the building due to the risk of further collapse, and it has not yet been confirmed that the blaze is fully extinguished.<\/p>\n

The church has been gutted by the fire.(Image: Daily Record)<\/p>\n

Shawbridge Street remains closed between both terminations while emergency crews continue their efforts.<\/p>\n

Local residents have expressed their sadness at the fire, describing it as “absolutely devastating for the Pollokshaws community” on social media.<\/p>\n

One person said: “The church has stood for generations \u2014 and seeing it like this from above is truly emotional. Sending strength to everyone affected by last night\u2019s fire.”<\/p>\n

Another added: “Absolutely devastated about Pollokshaws Parish Church being burnt down. That was the family church away back as far as my nanna and grandad.”<\/p>\n

Glasgow City Council urged drivers to avoid the area in the wake of the blaze.<\/p>\n

The local authority said: “Shawbridge Street between both terminations of Shawholm Crescent is currently closed to traffic due to a fire.<\/p>\n

“Emergency services are on location.<\/p>\n

“Road users are advised to use alternative routes and delays are to expected.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 183-year-old church on the city\u2019s south side has been badly damaged by fire, with part of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618088,"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-618087","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\/115678796427935416","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618087","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=618087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}