Scotland’s busiest train station remains shut after a blaze engulfed a neighbouring Victorian building, causing major travel disruption.
GLASGOW: Scotland’s busiest train station was closed on Monday after a blaze engulfed a neighbouring historic building. The fire sparked a huge emergency response and caused widespread travel disruption.
Glasgow Central Station was shut with “no estimate on when the station will reopen”. Train services group National Rail said disruption was expected to continue until the end of the day.
The four-storey Victorian building next to the train station partially collapsed in the fire. UK media reported the blaze started in a vape shop on its ground floor on Sunday afternoon.
A local lawmaker said the building dated back to 1851. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said the emergency response had been scaled down on Monday morning.
Members of the public were advised to “avoid the area”. Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney said he was “deeply concerned about the fire”.
