Smoke seen billowing from building in Glasgow city centre

Joe Sullivan

27 June 2024 at 5:12 am·1-min read

Smoke has been spotted coming from a building on Buchanan Street in Glasgow <i>(Image: NQ Staff)</i> — Smoke has been spotted coming from a building on Buchanan Street in Glasgow *(Image: NQ Staff)*

FIRE has been seen emerging from a seven-storey building at the bottom of Buchanan Street in Glasgow.

Around 10am, reports were made on social media of smoke emerging from a building near St Enoch's shopping centre.

Footage on Twitter/X later showed fire emerging from the back of the 10 Buchanan Street building, which hosts a Zara store and residential flats.

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— Patrick Cornelissen (@cornelissenpat) June 27, 2024

Seven appliances have been mobilised to the site, where firefighters are working to extinguish a fire on the building's second floor.

BREAKING: Fire engines on scene in Glasgow city centre where smoke can be seeing coming from a building at the bottom of Buchanan Street.@LBCNewsScot | @LBCNews pic.twitter.com/i3WMjQNALh
— Alan Zycinski (@AlanJZycinski) June 27, 2024

A correspondent for LBC said on Twitter/X that fire engines were on scene.

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: "We were alerted at 9.40am on Thursday, 27 June to reports of a fire within a seven-storey building in Glasgow.

"Operations Control mobilised seven appliances to the city's Buchannan Street, where firefighters were met by a fire within the building's second floor.

"Crews currently remain on scene working to extinguish the fire.

"There are no reported casualties."

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has been contacted for comment.

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