Specialist engineers pictured on scene of blaze on Buchanan Street

Specialist engineers pictured on scene of blaze on Buchanan Street <i>(Image: Newsquest)</i>
Specialist engineers pictured on scene of blaze on Buchanan Street (Image: Newsquest)

Specialist engineers have been pictured on-site of a fire on Buchanan Street in Glasgow.

We reported how 999 crews raced to the incident on the city centre's most popular shopping street at around 9.40am on Thursday, June 27.

After being alerted to the inferno, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) said seven fire trucks were sent to the scene.

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They said they were called to reports of a blaze within a seven-storey building.

The fire is understood to have erupted in the building behind the Zara store on the Style Mile.

It is believed that there are flats located in the building block.

Now, following it, specialist engineers have been pictured on the scene of the incident.

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(Image: Newsquest)


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A spokesperson for the SFRS said: "We were alerted at 9.40am on Thursday, June 27 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."

(Image: Newsquest)

(Image: Newsquest)

(Image: Newsquest)

Buchanan Street is the city's biggest shopping street with footfall just behind London's Oxford Street.

It is a pedestrianised area and is part of the famous style mile which links Argyle Street and Sauchiehall Street.