Six men have been taken to hospital after a fire erupted at an industrial estate in North Lanarkshire.
Emergency services, including six fire appliances, six ambulances, a trauma team and a resuscitation rapid response unit, were sent to Blairlinn industrial estate in Cumbernauld at around 2.30pm on Tuesday.
Footage shows thick black smoke billowing into the sky as the blaze engulfs a single-storey building.
Firefighters passed six casualties, all men aged between 20 and 66, into the care of the ambulance service.
Their condition is not believed to be life-threatening.
Five patients were transported to Glasgow Royal Infirmary and one patient was transported to University Hospital Monklands. The extent of their injuries is unknown.
Supplied via Morgan CollinsPolice Scotland have asked the public in the Greenfaulds area of Cumbernauld to stay indoors at this time.
Emergency crews remain in attendance.
Morgan Collins, who was working in the estate at the time the fire started, described the moments after he heard a “loud bang”.
“You could see it for miles”, he said.
“The area was cordoned off and surrounding units were being evacuated.”
“You could feel the heat from the flames.”
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: “We were alerted at 2.35pm on Tuesday, April 1, to reports of a building fire at Blairlinn Industrial Estate in Cumbernauld.
David Hamilton“Operations Control initially mobilised two appliances to the scene and on arrival firefighters found one single storey building well alight.
“A further four appliances were mobilised to the scene.
“Six casualties have been passed into the care of the Scottish Ambulance Service and firefighting crews remain in attendance.”
A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We received a call at 14:55 to attend an incident at Blairlinn Industrial Estate, Cumbernauld. Six ambulances, three special operations response teams (SORT), a paramedic response unit, a trauma team and a resuscitation rapid response unit (3RU) were dispatched to the scene.
“Five patients were transported to Glasgow Royal Infirmary and one patient was transported to University Hospital Monklands.”
Police Scotland say emergency services are likely to remain at the scene for some time as the incident remains ongoing.
Sergeant Kevin Anderson said: “A multi-agency response remains ongoing and we continue to ask members of the public to avoid the area at this time.
“The fire is contained to within the industrial premises. However, we would continue to ask residents in the Greenfaulds area to keep their windows and doors closed and to stay indoors due to smoke.
“An investigation will be carried out in due course to establish the cause of the fire.”
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