Residents in fear as fire rips through Scots building in early morning blaze
21.01.2023 - 12:57
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A huge fire has ripped through a property in Glasgow in the early hours of the morning, sending plumes of smoke into the night sky causing "fear around this for many people".
The alarm was raised shortly before 4.30am on Friday January 20, when officers were alerted to reports of a building fire on Forth Street in Pollokshields.
Emergency services, including Police Scotland and Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, sped to the scene of the blaze, which appears to have taken hold inside premises occupied by Persia Catering Equipment, reports GlasgowLive.
Footage taken at the site, which was shared online, shows bright, orange flames spitting from the roof of the property. Sparks fly from the burning structure which crackles audibly, and debris falls onto the street below.
Other images depict the sad aftermath of the flare-up. The store appears to have been completely ravaged by its intensity as charred furniture and sheets of building material are piled up on top of each other as firefighters look on.
Tabassum Niamat, a local resident, told the Record: "I was passing by the building as my sister's restaurant is across from Bakers Delight (Desi Dhaba), and I know the business owners due to the ongoing work I've done as an elected member of Pollokshields Community Council.
"We have had a disproportionate amount of fires to residential properties and businesses. You can imagine the fear around this for many people but the community always come out to help when it is needed.
"There was also a residential fire on Leslie Street, coincidently it occurred within minutes of the Forth Street Fire. Unrelated yet, so bizarre."
Forth Street was closed at the junction of Maxwell Road and Darnley Street as a result of the inferno, which mercy