House fire on Belmont Road, Paisley
A woman has sadly passed away following a house fire yesterday evening in Paisley.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) was alerted at 10.37pm on Thursday, 13 April to reports of a dwelling fire on Belmont Road in the Gallowhill area.
Area Commander David McCarrey is the SFRS Local Senior Officer for East Renfrewshire, Renfrewshire and Inverclyde. He said: “Six fire appliances and two aerial rescue platforms were mobilised to the scene, where crews extinguished a well-developed fire that had taken hold within a first floor flat in a two-storey building.
“Firefighters located one woman from inside the property who was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.
"Our thoughts are very much with her family, friends and all of those affected at this difficult time."
A joint fire investigation alongside our Police Scotland colleagues is now underway.