Emergency services were called to Possilpark after the alarm was raised at around 5pm on Sunday, September 6.
A huge fire has broken out at a tenement block of flats in Glasgow.
Emergency services were called to the Stonyhurst Street area in Possilpark, at Barloch Street, after the alarm was raised shortly before 5pm on Sunday, September 6. Footage taken from the scene showed flames ripping through the roof of a property on the street.
A plume of black smoke could be seen billowing up into the sky as firefighters raced to the scene to battle the inferno. It’s understood the flats affected were being renovated and are currently empty.
Locals have told how the fire appeared to be serious as flames quickly spread. One resident said: “The flats on Stonyhurst Street which were being refurbished are on fire. The fire looks serious as flames are soaring through the roof.”
MSP Paul Sweeney blamed misinformation about the development of the flats, and said rumours the flats were to be used for asylum seekers, refugees or asylum seekers were untrue. He branded the situation ‘depressing’.
In a post on social media he said: “This is completely outrageous. After 20 years of these tenements sitting derelict, finally after much work by myself and other elected representatives, we secured nearly £3million is government investment to bring these tenements back and rennovate them so they can be used by the community in a city with a housing emergency.
“This block here will be used for housing those on the NG homes housing waiting list which is massively oversubscribed.
“It was never going to illegal immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers – it was never intended for that purpose at all.
“So anyone claiming that was spreading lies and misinformation to generate clicks on social media, to whip up the community, wind people up, and this is the upshot of that.”
He added: “I think it’s absolutely disgraceful. And I hope that people will stop and take stock of what’s happening here before this gets even further out of control.”
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: “We were alerted at 4.48pm on Sunday, September 6, to reports of a dwelling fire on Barloch Street, Glasgow.
“Operations Control mobilised six appliances and specialist resources to the scene, where firefighters are working to extinguish a fire affecting the fourth floor of a tenement building. Crews remain in attendance.”
Police Scotland have been contacted by the Record for comment.
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