Children were among ten people rescued from flats and treated after a major blaze ripped through the building.

Around 25 firefighters were sent to a block of tenement flats on Wednesday night in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde.

The crews evacuated the building in Highholm Street at 8.50pm, rescuing seven adults and three children.

One man led to safety was later taken to hospital along with another man. An investigation is now under way to establish the cause of the fire.

Fire group manager Ritchie Duncan said: "We received repeat calls from different members of the public, there were four fire engines, and a special operations ambulance team from Johnstone."

"When crews arrived they were met with thick, black acrid smoke and the man had collapsed in the living room. The conditions were extremely hazardous for firefighters and members of the public."

"The man was taken to Inverclyde Royal. Two other people were also taken to hospital - another man suffering from chest pains and a woman in her 20s, both suffering from slight smoke inhalation.

"This man was very fortunate that he was rescued as he he didn't have a working smoke alarm and one of the neighbours in the close alerted the fire service."