Memorial service for Kilbirnie fire 50 years on

William Hooper and six other firefighters lost their lives in the Kilbirnie Street fire.

A firefighter whose grandfather died while trying to rescue a colleague in a warehouse blaze 50 years ago has honoured his memory at a service in Glasgow.

It was the second major fire to devastate the city in 12 years after the Cheapside Street disaster in 1960.

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