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Glasgow Live
Glasgow Live
National
David McLean

Recalling Glasgow's deadliest ever blaze that claimed 22 lives

On November 18, 1968, a fire in an upholstery factory claimed 22 lives. It would go down in history as Glasgow's deadliest blaze.

Men and women perished in the inferno which ripped through a building in James Watt Street, as firefighters battled the flames through barred windows and locals looked on helplessly in horror.

Shockingly, it would take more than 50 years and a concerted effort by the victims' families for a permanent memorial to those who died in the Broomielaw fire to be erected.

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