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Fire forces evacuation of BBC Scotland headquarters

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Staff at BBC Scotland headquarters were forced to evacuate the building after a fire broke out on Sunday.

Crews were called to the building at 11:30 am after reports of smoke coming from the roof of the broadcaster’s six-storey building emerged.

A spokeswoman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: “We were alerted at 11:26 on Sunday 31 January to reports of smoke issuing from the roof of a commercial building at Pacific Quay.

“Operations control have mobilised four appliances and one aerial platform appliance to the scene and firefighters are presently working to extinguish a fire which has taken hold in a utility room on top of the roof.”

There were no reports of any injuries, and staff were allowed back in the building after the fire services extinguished the fire shortly after arriving.

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