Two dead in Glasgow flat fire in Hyndland

Two people died and five others were taken to hospital after a fire broke out at a block of flats on Hughenden Lane in the Hyndland area of Glasgow shortly after 10pm on Monday, 20 October 2025, emergency services said. Firefighters were called to reports of a blaze in a first-floor flat in the four-storey building and worked through the night to extinguish the fire and evacuate residents.

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service operations control was alerted at 10.13pm and mobilised nine fire appliances and a high-reach vehicle to the scene, the service said. Fire crews evacuated all properties in the building and rescued a number of residents before firefighters left the scene after ensuring it was safe. Firefighters remained at the site into the following afternoon to complete inspections and make the area safe, the service said.

Police Scotland confirmed that a man and a woman were pronounced dead at the scene and that their next of kin have been notified. A spokesperson said that five people were taken to hospital for the effects of smoke inhalation and that the incident is not being treated as suspicious. "The fire is not believed to be suspicious, and no criminality has been...