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Kilbirnie Street fire

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The Kilbirnie Street fire, on Friday 25 August 1972, was a warehouse fire in the Port Eglinton area, on the south side of Glasgow, Scotland, which killed seven Glasgow Fire Service firemen in a flashover while they were trying to rescue a trapped colleague. What started as a routine industrial premises fire resulted in one of the highest losses of life for the UK Fire Service at a single incident in peacetime.

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Kilbirnie Street fire
Kilbirnie Street, Glasgow Tradeston

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G5 8HX Glasgow, Tradeston
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