Photo: Glasgow City Council
On Nov. 18, 1972, a fire at a disused furniture shop killed a Glasgow firefighter and another person.
The shop was located in Great Western Road.
According to The Glasgow Story website:
"Forty-one dwellings, six shops, two public houses and a post office were destroyed by fire or subsequent demolition and fifty families were made homeless.
"A stretch of the Glasgow Underground was damaged and had to be closed.
"In the wake of the incident, which came close on the heels of the Kilbirnie Street disaster of 25 August, there were demands for the introduction of greater fire safety precautions."
