When the Sher Brothers warehouse on Kilbirnie Street went up in flames in 1972, no one could have known it would result in one of the highest losses of life for the British Fire Service the country has seen.
The tragedy came at a time when the city was still reeling from two major disasters that had taken place only the previous year. The Ibrox Disaster and the Clarkston Toll explosion both incurred heavy death tolls and it seemed as if tragic events were becoming frighteningly common.
On the same day of the Kilbirnie Street fire, four young boys drowned in the Clyde when their home-made rafts overturned.
