Glasgow restaurant blaze sees residents evacuated
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Old Salty’s on Byres Road in Glasgow was engulfed in smoke at 8:42am this morning.
All of the first and second floor flats were evacuated as the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service treated two people for “minor smoke inhalation”.
Fire at Old Salty’s on the byres road. pic.twitter.com/igxrYRMQIp
— Jamie Craig (@james_a_craig) June 8, 2018
A spokesman for the fire service said: “The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was alerted at 8.42am on Friday, June 8 to reports of a kitchen fire within a business premises on Byres Road, Glasgow.
“Operations Control immediately mobilised a number of fire engines and an aerial unit to the three-storey building, where firefighters are currently tackling a fire on the ground floor.
“Two casualties are being treated by the Scottish Ambulance Service for minor smoke inhalation, and the first and second floor flats have been evacuated.
“Crews will remain at the scene until the area is made safe.”
