A fire has broken out at a derelict Glasgow school.
Plumes of black smoke can be seen across Knightswood and the West End of Glasgow, as fire crews try desperately to control the blaze.
Dramatic footage shows the abandoned Yoker Primary School on Craggan Drive ablaze.
One resident in the area's Kinellar Drive described the moment his house went dark with the smoke.
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He told the Evening Times: "I smelt burning, and then saw smoke passing by my living room window. I thought it was a barbecue at first, but then the room got really dark.
"I ran to the window and there was a massive black cloud covering the house.
"The school's isolated, but firefighters closed off part of the road."
A spokeswoman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: “We were called to an incident at the derelict Yoker Primary School in Glasgow at 5.50pm on Monday 5 August.
“Operations control mobilised four appliances and firefighters are currently still in attendance”.
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