Firefighters rush to blaze near Glasgow Green after parked car goes up in flames

Published date12 September 2021
AuthorAlexander Smaill
Publication titleGlasgowLive (Scotland)
The fire, which reportedly occurred within an NPC car park on King Street, was reported at about 9.30pm on Saturday night.

The incident happened a mile away from the TRNSMT music festival, where up to 50,000 people were in attendance.

Eyewitness Connor Peat told Glasgow Live he saw a "big fiery blaze" at around 9:40pm from his window last night.

"My first thought was that it was just someone who started a bonfire in an empty parking space, but upon closer inspection i noticed that it was actually a car that had been set alight," he said.

"By the time the police showed up, the car had been extinguished. At around 11pm the car was towed away. As of Sunday afternoon, there is still burned scrap and rubble in the parking space, and a fiery smell still lingers."

The Daily Record reported that a fire engine rushed to the car park to put out the blaze that tore through the stationary vehicle.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service...

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