Glasgow blaze alert as resident urged to shut windows amid heavy smoke

Residents were issued a smoke warning last night following a large fire in Glasgow.

Images reveal flames billowing from a building on Benview Street in the Ruchill area, with locals advised to keep windows and doors shut.

Three fire crews dashed to the scene around 8.09pm on Friday after the alarm was sounded.

The incident occurred near Murano Street Student Village, a University of Glasgow accommodation where international students are currently residing ahead of the new academic year.

Students and families across the Ruchill neighbourhood were alerted about the smoke during the emergency service's operation, reports The Mirror.

However, no casualties were reported following the inferno, believed to have taken place at a derelict building. The cause of the fire remains unknown at this point.

Photographs depict flames engulfing the property and black smoke wafting over the surrounding area in Glasgow. It is thought residents in the Murano Street, Bilsland Drive, Lenny Street and Benview Street areas were particularly affected by smoke.

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said last night as the operation concluded: "We received the initial call at 8:09 to a report of a building on fire in Ruchill Park area of Glasgow. We mobilised two appliances and a height appliance to the scene. Crews are still there and there are no reported casualties."

Police are currently investigating the cause of a large fire at a derelict building in Glasgow. A spokesperson for Police Scotland stated: "Police are assisting Scottish Fire and Rescue Service colleagues at the scene of a large fire at a derelict building on Benview Street, Ruchill, Glasgow.

"Due to the heavy smoke from the fire, local residents are advised to avoid Ruchill Park, and to keep windows and doors closed, especially in the areas of Murano Street, Bilsland Drive, Benview Street, Lenny Street. Enquiries into the cause of the fire are continuing."

Just last week, firefighters urged families in Liverpool to keep their doors and windows shut due to a massive blaze at a former country house. Emergency services rushed to Woolton Hall, an 18th-century mansion in Liverpool, after it was engulfed in flames around 8pm on Tuesday.

They battled the growing and fierce blaze at the three-storey stone-built building for several hours.

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service provided updates to the press, initially advising people to steer clear of the area. Their first statement read: "Fire crews have been called to a fire at Woolton Hall, Speke Road, Woolton, Liverpool this evening. Crews were alerted at 8.09pm and on scene at 8.16pm, with five fire engines and an aerial appliance in attendance. Crews arrived to find a three storey stone built building fully involved in fire around 40 by 30 metres in size."