Fifteen rescued from tenement building after basement fire
25 firefighters rescued all of the residents and contain the fire in Lendel Place, Glasgow, at around 4.10am.
Fifteen people were rescued and eight people taken to hospital after they ran to the upper floors of a four storey tenement to escape a severe fire in the basement.
Twenty-five firefighters braved challenging conditions to rescue all of the residents and contain the fire in Lendel Place, Glasgow, at around 4.10am today, Scottish Fire and Rescue said.
Six fire engines were sent from Govan, Polmadie, Maryhill and Knightswood fire stations.
Eight residents were taken to hospital suffering from varying levels of smoke inhalation and a further ten residents were taken by Police Scotland to a local authority rest centre until the property is safe to return to.
Group manager Brian Winter, the incidents commander, said: "The fire crews were met with a well-developed fire in a basement, which made conditions very challenging for them.
"Given the severity of this fire and the complications it presented, the quick actions of the crews in carrying out these rescues ensured that casualty numbers were kept to a minimum and the fire damage to the building itself was mainly restricted to the basement property.''