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One feared dead after flat blaze Man, 67, dies in tower block fire
(about 5 hours later)
One person was feared dead and four others were in hospital after a blaze in a multi-storey block of flats, Strathclyde Fire Service has said. A 67-year-old man has died and six others have been treated in hospital after a fire in a multi-storey block of flats in Glasgow.
Another 15 residents were treated by paramedics at a casualty care point at the scene in Waddell Court in the Gorbals area of Glasgow. The blaze, in a fifth floor flat of Waddell Court, in the Gorbals area, was reported at 0256 GMT on Wednesday.
The four people taken to the Victoria Infirmary were suffering from severe smoke inhalation. Six people were treated in hospital after breathing in smoke. Others were treated at the scene.
Twenty other residents were evacuated to the nearby Gorbals Leisure Centre. The block of flats are being evacuated and residents taken to the nearby Gorbals Leisure Centre.
The alarm was raised at 0256 GMT after a fire broke out in a fifth floor flat.
At 0630 GMT there were 50 firefighters, including 20 in breathing apparatus, at the scene.At 0630 GMT there were 50 firefighters, including 20 in breathing apparatus, at the scene.
Some were searching the fifth, sixth and seventh floors of the building for any other residents. Ten fire engines were also in the area with one side of nearby Ballater Street closed to traffic.
Part of the flat where the fire broke out had collapsed. Part of the flat where the fire broke out is understood to have collapsed.
Ten fire engines were at the scene and one side of Ballater Street was closed to traffic. The Scottish Ambulance Service said that 37 adults and 12 children were currently being given temporary shelter at Gorbals Leisure Centre, with that number expected to eventually rise to well over 100.
Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) said efforts were ongoing to help the families affected.
Director of housing and customer services, Alex McGuire, said: "Everyone at GHA extends their sympathies to the family of the man who died in the fire at Gorbals early this morning.
"We are working with Strathclyde Fire and Rescue and we will be doing everything we can to help the families affected."