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Sarah Vesty

Fire crews tackle fierce blaze at Glasgow high-rise as residents evacuated

Emergency services were called to a high-rise block of flats in Glasgow after a blaze broke out on the 17th floor.

Fire crews raced to the scene at Lincoln Avenue, in the Knightswood area, shortly after 4am on Sunday when the alarm was raised.

Nine fire engines were called to tackle the fire while residents from two floors of the building were safely evacuated.

There have been no reported injuries but firefighters remain at the scene.

A photograph from the area shows black smoke marks surrounding the window of one affected home.

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: "We were alerted at 4.08am on Sunday, August 1 to a reports of a fire within a residential building.

"Operations control mobilised nine fire appliances to Lincoln Avenue, Glasgow where the fire was affecting the 17th floor of a multi storey block of flats

"Residents on the 17th and 18th floors were removed and the fire has been extinguished.

"There are no casualties and we remain at the scene."

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We received a report of a fire at a property on Lincoln Avenue, Glasgow, around 4.45am on Sunday, 1 August.

“Officers attended to assist other emergency services and a number of properties were evacuated temporarily as a precaution.

“There were no reports of injuries and the fire is not believed to be suspicious.”

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