Paramedics raced one casualty to hospital after a blaze broke out in a Glasgow tenement.
Fire crews tackled the raging blaze inside a four-storey tenement building on Monday night.
Four fire engines raced to the scene on Cathkinview Road after the fire broke out in a second-floor flat at around 9:30pm.
Dramatic pictures showed thick smoke pouring from one of the flats in the Mount Florida area.
Firefighters were also seen entering the building with breathing apparatus to tackle the inferno.
It has now emerged paramedics, including two rapid response vehicles and one ambulance, rushed one casualty to Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: “We were alerted at 9.29pm on Monday, August 30 to reports of a fire at a property on Cathkinview Road, Glasgow.
“Operations Control mobilised four appliances and firefighters extinguished a fire affecting a second floor flat within a four-storey tenement building.
“One casualty was in the care of the Scottish Ambulance Service and crews left after ensuring the area was made safe.”
A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We received a request from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to attend an incident on Caithkinview Road, Glasgow on Monday night (August 30).
"We dispatched two rapid response vehicles and an ambulance crew, and one patient was transported to the Queen Elizabeth hospital.”
