A 64-year-old man has died after a horror blaze in Glasgow in the early hours of this morning.
Emergency services raced to the Milton area of the city to tackle a house fire on Cathay Street at around 1am.
It is not known how the fatal house fire started.
A joint investigation involving Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) is currently under way as they look into circumstances of the blaze.
A Police Scotland told the Daily Record said : "A 64-year-old man has died following a house fire in Cathay Street, Glasgow.
"Police were called around 1.10am on Tuesday 23 February 2021.
"A joint investigation involving police and the Fire Service is under way to establish the circumstances of the fire. "
Stephen Lanaghan, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service’s Group Commander for Glasgow City, said: “We were alerted at 12.22am on Tuesday, February 23 to reports of a fire at a residential property on Cathay Street, Glasgow.
“Operations Control mobilised four appliances to the scene where sadly, a man passed away.
“Our thoughts are very much with his family, friends and the wider community at this difficult time.”
