Blaze rips through Glasgow building site

It took firefighters around ten hours to bring the flames under control

Robroyston fire
Author: Clyde NewsPublished 20th Mar 2018
Last updated 20th Mar 2018

Detectives say a fire ripped which ripped through a building site in Glasgow last night sending smoke billowing into the air was started deliberately.

Emergency services were called around 7.25pm yesterday and the blaze has caused damage in the region of a six figure sum of cash.

New homes are being built on the site in Wallacewell Quadrant in Balornock.

Around 30 firefighters battled the flames for more than ten hours

At it's height, almost 40 firefighters battled the flames - it took them more than ten hours to bring it under control, with them only leaving the scene just after 7 on Tuesday morning.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue service told us they had six appliances at the scene - no one was hurt.