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Citizen Firefighter
After being known as the second city of the British Empire.Glasgow soon earned its reputation as the 'Tinderbox City'.A working class city with so many warehouses and poor housing conditions.So many lives lost over the years.
The Kilbirnie Street fire, Friday 25 August 1972,
A fire in a warehouse on the south side of the city.Sad to say seven Fire Service firemen were killed while trying to rescue trapped fellow fire officer.
A fire in a warehouse on the south side of the city.Sad to say seven Fire Service firemen were killed while trying to rescue trapped fellow fire officer.
Cheapside street today
The Cheapside Street whisky bond fire in Glasgow on 28 March 1960. The fire killed 14 fire service and 5 salvage corps personnel.
United Kingdom`s worse peacetime fire services disaster.
Not a single trace of the tragic events.Not even the street name.
United Kingdom`s worse peacetime fire services disaster.
Not a single trace of the tragic events.Not even the street name.
James Watt Street today
James Watt Street in 1968 - 22 lost their lives.
Fire-escape doors had been padlocked from the inside.The workers could be seen at the barred windows.
The tragedy shocked Scotland and led to major changes in fire safety in factories.
Fire-escape doors had been padlocked from the inside.The workers could be seen at the barred windows.
The tragedy shocked Scotland and led to major changes in fire safety in factories.
On June 17, 1652, The Great Fire of Glasgow lasted 18 hours.
One third of the city was destroyed.Many lives were lost.
So many last their home.
One third of the city was destroyed.Many lives were lost.
So many last their home.
Site of the old Victoria Disco `
Sauchiehall Street in 2018 - Victoria's Nightclub goes up in flames.Destroying the whole building.Famous disco,China Palace Chinese restaurant and many shops lost.The only good point no one was harmed.
Glasgow Art School from Rose street
2018 Glasgow's world-renowned School of Art has been gutted by another huge blaze, four years after part of the building was destroyed by fire.
Grafton’s department store May 4, 1949