More than 20 people have been evacuated from a tenement building and some have been taken to hospital following a fire this morning
Clouds of dark smoke were seen pouring out of a tenement flat in Uddingston today.
Footage showed black smoke coming out of the window of a top-floor flat on Deanbrae Street on Wednesday.
Witnesses saw fire crews at the scene running in and out of the building, and more smoke billows out from the roof.
A height appliance was pictured over the building.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has now confirmed that 22 people living in the building were evacuated.
Four people have been taken to hospital, and firefighters remain on the scene.
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: “We were alerted at 8.53am on Wednesday, June 26 to reports of a dwelling fire at Deanbrae Street, Uddingston.
“Operations Control mobilised four fire appliances and a height appliance where crews extinguished a fire affecting a property on the second floor of a two-storey tenement building.
“Crews safety evacuated 22 people from the building. Four casualties were passed into the care of the Scottish Ambulance Service and transferred to University Hospital Monklands.
“We remain at the scene to dampen down any remaining hotspots.”
Police Scotland confirmed that they are on the scene to assist SFRS.
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