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Kaitlin Easton

Firefighters battle blaze at Scots park for four hours into early morning

Firefighters battled a blaze within a Scots park into the early hours of the morning.

Emergency service raced to the Sports Pavilion in Victoria Park, Glasgow, just before midnight and remained on the scene for four hours tackling the inferno.

The cause of the fire is not yet know and police enquires into the blaze are continuing.

There were no casualties as a result of the incident.

A spokesperson for the Scottish Fire and Rescue service said: "We received a call at 11.16pm to a report of the Sports Pavilion within Victoria Park being on fire.

"We had two appliances in attendance and they extinguished the fire.

"The last appliance left the incident at 04.13am and there were no reported casualties."

Scottish Power and Police Scotland also attended the incident.

A Police Scotland spokesperson added: "Around 11:55pm on Friday, 21 May, 2021, police received a report of a fire at the Sports Pavilion in Victoria Park.

"Emergency services attended and enquiries are ongoing to establish the cause of the fire."

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