Wildfire breaks out on the deserted hills near Glasgow during coronavirus lockdown
- Rescue services rushed to Kilpatrick Hills, near Clydebank, at around 6.45pm
- Three trucks were sent to help tackle the the ferocious blaze on Monday evening
- Emergency teams will return to scene tomorrow morning to control the flame
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Firefighters were left battling a raging wildfire today after large plumes of smoke were seen billowing across the skyline in Scotland.
Rescue services rushed to Kilpatrick Hills, near Glasgow, at around 6.45pm on Monday after residents spotted the ferocious blaze.
Three trucks were originally sent to the scene to help tackle the flame, however, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service were forced to call crew members back as daylight began to fade after 10pm and made operations dangerous.
Firefighters rushed to a wildfire at Kilpatrick Hills, near Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, at around 6.45pm on Monday
Large plumes of smoke were seen rising into the sky as emergency services tried to tackle the blaze
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman were alerted to the blaze a 6.45pm on Monday April 20
The emergency service confirmed that they would be re-deploying their crew members back to the scene in the morning.
Following the blaze, a Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said: ‘We were alerted at 6:45 on Monday April 20 to reports of a large fire near Cochno Road in Clydebank.
‘Operations Control mobilised three fire appliances after we received the first call at 6.41pm – firefighters are working to extinguish the flame.’
Emergency services tried to control the raging fire near Glasgow today and will continue operations tomorrow
Following reports of a wildfire, three fire appliances were sent to the scene to extinguish the flame
While the scale of the blaze is not yet known, emergency service confirmed that they would be re-deploying their crew members in the morning
Today, shocking images from the scene, showed huge plumes of smoke rising into the sky and drifting towards Erskine and the Clyde and across many parts of Glasgow.
On Twitter, social media users claimed the clouds of smoke had reached as far and Milngavie- a town in East Dunbartonshire.
The scale of the blaze is not yet known and firefighters are still working to extinguish the fire.