Glasgow building blaze

Scottish fire crews are continuing to dampen down a building in Glasgow which was destroyed by fire yesterday (November 28th).

Firefighters were called to the former Co-Operative Funeral Service building in Morrison Street at around 1:50pm on Monday.

At the height of the blaze, more than 100 firefighters attended the incident but the operation has since been scaled back to just one appliance.

No-one was injured in the fire, which shot 100ft flames into the air and caused smoke to blow across the nearby M8 and M74 motorways.

A 'suitable and sufficient' fire risk assessment must be conducted on all commercial properties in Scotland under the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005.

If this fire risk assessment is judged to have not been carried out to a suitable extent, the Duty Holder for the establishment can face up to two years in prison or an unlimited fine.

An investigation into the cause of the fire is due to get under way once the building has been deemed safe to enter.