Firefighters battle Rutherglen shop blaze overnight

Firefighters from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service battled a major blaze through the night into Friday morning at a Nisa Local shop on Baronald Street in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, after the fire broke out around 6:19 p.m. on Thursday, May 7.

More than 100 firefighters and 22 appliances responded to the incident, which affected the basement or ground floor of a commercial property within a four-storey tenement building. Operations control mobilized additional resources, including specialist appliances and a command unit, to tackle the flames. Social media images and videos captured thick plumes of smoke billowing from the shop, visible to drivers on the nearby M74 motorway.

Several roads were closed to facilitate the response, including Baronald Street, Dalmarnock Road, and Farmeloan Road, with South Lanarkshire Council confirming closures at the Farmeloan Road, Dalmarnock Road, and Cambuslang Road junction. A cordon was established around the premises, and members of the public were urged to avoid the area.

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said, "We were alerted at 6.19pm on Thursday, 7 May, to reports of a building fire. Operations Control have mobilised...