Dramatic tenement fire in Glasgow
Two people have been rescued after a dramatic fire in a flat near Queens Park in Glasgow.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to (SFRS) was called to the scene in Skirving Street shortly after 8.30am.
Four fire engines and an aerial appliance were sent to tackle the blaze, which was extinguished around an hour later.
Crews helped two people from the building and passed them on to the Scottish Ambulance Service, while one woman was also taken to hospital.
An SFRS spokesman said: "The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was alerted at 8.33am on Wednesday April 3 to reports of a fire within a first floor flat in a four-storey block on Skirving Street, Glasgow.
"Operations control mobilised four fire engines and an aerial appliance to the scene, where firefighters assisted two people from the building before handing them into the care of the Scottish Ambulance Service.
"The fire is now extinguished and crews remain in attendance as they work to make the area safe.''
An SAS spokesman said: "We received a call today to attend an incident on Skirving Street in Glasgow.
"We treated two people at the scene and conveyed one female patient to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital."