A Glasgow firefighter, whose grandfather was one of seven firefighters killed in the Kilbirnie Street fire, is paying his respects at a memorial service marking 50 years since the tragedy.
Derek Roden is a Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) Crew Commander at Glasgow’s Castlemilk Community Fire Station.
He is also the grandson of firefighter William Hooper, who lost his life while tackling a fire at the Sher Brothers warehouse in Glasgow’s Kilbirnie Street on August 25, 1972.
