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3,000 left without power after fire hits scrapyard

More than 50 firefighters were deployed to tackle the blaze in Glasgow.

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A fire at a car scrapyard in Glasgow left thousands of homes without power on Sunday evening.

Smoke billowing from the blaze near Ranger FC’s Ibrox Stadium could be seen rising above the city from 40 miles away, with firefighters working into the night to bring the flames under control.

Smoke seen from Glasgow Harbour
(Beth Edmonston/PA)

According to reports water had to be pumped from the Clyde to douse the flames and hoses were laid a kilometre (0.6 miles) through streets closed off by police.

Scottish Power said one of its buildings was involved in the fire and power had to be shut off to 3,000 properties in the Govan area as a precaution.

Locals were urged to unplug all their electrical equipment and switch off gas or oil central heating systems.

Police and fire crews were called to the blaze at about 4.30pm.

More than 50 firefighters were deployed to tackle the blaze, with 12 appliances.

Peter Heath, from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, said fire engulfed a building about 100 metres by 40 metres before spreading to a large yard at the back full of tyres.

Firefighters worked to protect an electricity sub-station supplying a “significant part of Glasgow and Govan area”, he said.

Struan Ferguson posted a photo of the column of smoke taken from the Isle of Arran, around 40 miles from the blaze.

SP Energy Networks later tweeted that power had been restored after engineers altered the network from the substation.

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said the fire was still burning but had been reduced by around 6am.

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