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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

Glasgow Central station’s upper level to remain closed for rest of week after fire next door

The fire is believed to have started in a vape shop on Union Street.
The fire is believed to have started in a vape shop on Union Street. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Glasgow Central station’s high level will remain closed for the rest of the week, after a fire devastated a neighbouring building on Sunday.

Network Rail said it would not be possible to reopen the upper concourse of the station, where trains depart to destinations across the UK, because of the instability of the mid-Victorian block on the corner of Union Street and Gordon Street, much of which collapsed during the ferocious blaze.

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