THREE people were left injured after a fire in Knightswood.
Emergency services descended on a block of flats just before 5am this morning.
Mercy crews used an aerial appliance to tackle the blaze on the 22nd floor at Kirkton Avenue, which left two people needing hospital treatment.
Crews remained in attendance by midday.
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) spokesperson confirmed: “Four fire and one aerial appliance were mobilised to the scene, where crews extinguished a fire in a 22nd floor property.
“There were three casualties passed into the care of Scottish Ambulance Service, two of which required to be transported to hospital.”
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The news comes after fire bosses revealed that a total of 509 incidents were recorded during the festive period in 2018.
They said that the festive period is one of the busiest times of the year for the service - with the increase of accidental house fires typically caused by a higher use of heating and electrical appliances.
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