Two women in hospital after Charing Cross flat fire

Two women have been taken to hospital following a fire in a tenement building in Glasgow.

Four fire engines and an aerial appliance arrived at the scene in Dorset Square in the Charing Cross area after the alarm was raised at around 4am on Wednesday.

Residents were evacuated as firefighters tackled the blaze in a ground floor flat.

Two women were taken by ambulance to Glasgow Royal Infirmary with smoke inhalation.

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: "We were alerted at 3.59am on Wednesday April 29 to reports of a fire within a block of flats on Dorset Square, Glasgow.

"Four fire appliances and one aerial vehicle were mobilised to the scene, where crews wearing breathing apparatus extinguished a fire within a ground floor property of a five-storey tenement building.

"Two female casualties suffering moderate smoke inhalation were passed into the care of Scottish Ambulance Service, and transported to Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

"A number of properties within the building were evacuated, and firefighters worked to ensure there was no fire spread before ventilating areas affected by smoke.

"The last fire appliance left the scene at 9.20am.''

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