A Glasgow firefighter who lost his life in 1972 is being commemorated with a plaque in the city, 50 years on.
Adrian McGill was assisting in the battle against a fire on Maryhill Road on November 18, 1972, attempting to rescue a woman trapped in the building. The blaze had started in a disused wallpaper shop, which spread to the flats above and into a row of tenements on Great Western Road.
A witness statement at the time stated that a ‘massive flashover’ occurred. People were encompassed in black smoke, including on the road outside.
