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| Several people hospitalised in 'police incident' in Glasgow | |
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| A number of people have been taken to hospital after an “police incident” in the Stepps area of Glasgow. A large fire and clouds of smoke were visible in images of the scene, while another picture shows what appears to be two burnt-out vans. Large numbers of police cars are also shown and cordons have been put in place. | |
| The Scottish ambulance service confirmed it had received a number of calls on Sunday afternoon and some patients had been taken to hospital. | The Scottish ambulance service confirmed it had received a number of calls on Sunday afternoon and some patients had been taken to hospital. |
| A Police Scotland spokesman said: “There is an ongoing police incident in the Stepps area of Glasgow. Inquiries are very much at an early stage.” | A Police Scotland spokesman said: “There is an ongoing police incident in the Stepps area of Glasgow. Inquiries are very much at an early stage.” |
| A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said: “We got called out to a van on fire. The incident has been handed over to the police.” | A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said: “We got called out to a van on fire. The incident has been handed over to the police.” |
| A police spokesman said he thought the disorder was “more likely to be rival gangs fighting” than anything related to terrorism. He added: “I can confirm that there have been people injured, but I don’t know what the extent of those injuries are.” | A police spokesman said he thought the disorder was “more likely to be rival gangs fighting” than anything related to terrorism. He added: “I can confirm that there have been people injured, but I don’t know what the extent of those injuries are.” |
| One passerby posted a picture on social media of what is reportedly Frankfield Road gridlocked by emergency vehicles, adding that it was “like a war zone”. An eyewitness, who did not wish to be named, said he saw two vans on fire with flames “as high as a house”. | One passerby posted a picture on social media of what is reportedly Frankfield Road gridlocked by emergency vehicles, adding that it was “like a war zone”. An eyewitness, who did not wish to be named, said he saw two vans on fire with flames “as high as a house”. |
| “I was washing my car and I saw high flames and smoke, then the fire brigade came,” the eyewitness said. He added that the area was very nice and that nothing like this had happened before. | “I was washing my car and I saw high flames and smoke, then the fire brigade came,” the eyewitness said. He added that the area was very nice and that nothing like this had happened before. |