Twenty fire crews and five appliances were battling a massive fire at Sir Alex Ferguson's former school in Govan overnight.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was called to Broomloan Road shortly before 11pm last night.

Five appliances were initially sent to the blaze at the former primary school, which could be seen from miles around the city.

Police officers closed several roads around the area because of the amount of smoke that filled the air.

There were no reports of any injuries.

A spokeswoman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: "We were called to Broomloan Road at 10.57pm.

"It was reported as a level two fire and five appliances were sent to the incident."

A spokeswoman today said the fire was ongoing and three crews were still at the scene.

She described the building as 'quite badly damaged.'

She said there was no cause known and officials were out assessing the state of the building.

Sir Alex previously spoke about his time at the school in the Times Educational Supplement.

He revealed that he still keeps the belt he was beaten with by his favourite teacher at the school, Elizabeth Thomson, who inspired him to greatness.

''It's in my study," he said. "My grandchildren are terrified of it. Six from that belt and you were in absolute agony. I used to try to draw my hand away."

Despite the punishments he kept in touch with Ms Thomson throughout his career.

''When she first got to Broomloan Road Primary, she went round to the house of every student who wasn't in her class that day and said, 'If your kid isn't in school tomorrow, I'll be back at your door'.

''Maybe 2,000 teachers turned the job down, turned down that sort of challenge, but she thrived on it. She improved everyone she touched. She actively sought out challenge."