THIS is the dramatic moment fire tore through a tenement block in the South Side of Glasgow this morning.
Two people were rescued and treated at the scene after the incident on Skirving Street in Shawlands.
One woman was taken to hospital.
The clip was captured by a man living nearby. Sirens can be heard in the background as a man coughs.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) was called to the scene shortly after 8.30am.
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Four fire engines and an aerial appliance were sent to tackle the blaze, which was extinguished around an hour later.
Crews helped two people from the building and passed them on to the Scottish Ambulance Service.
An SFRS spokesman said: “The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was alerted at 8.33am on Wednesday April 3 to reports of a fire within a first floor flat in a four-storey block on Skirving Street, Glasgow.
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“Operations control mobilised four fire engines and an aerial appliance to the scene, where firefighters assisted two people from the building before handing them into the care of the Scottish Ambulance Service.
“The fire is now extinguished and crews remain in attendance as they work to make the area safe.”
The ambulance service added: “We received a call today to attend an incident on Skirving Street.
“We treated two people at the scene and conveyed one female patient to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.”
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