A CHILD was among three people rushed to hospital following a flat fire near Glasgow.
The girl, whose age is unknown, is being treated for smoke inhalation along with a man and woman after the blaze in Dumbarton.
Emergency crews rushed to the town's Ashton View when the home went up in flames at around 10.40am today.
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Enquiries have now been launched into the cause of the blaze.
A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Police were called around 10.50am on Friday, March 5, 2021 following the report of a fire at an address on Ashton View, Dumbarton.
"Officers attended and a number of nearby houses were evacuated as a precaution. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service extinguished the fire safely and a man, a woman and a female youth have been taken to hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation.
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"Enquiries into the circumstances surrounding the fire are ongoing."
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said: “We were alerted at 10.42am on Friday, March 5, to reports of a property on fire at Ashton View, Dumbarton.
“Operations Control mobilised four appliances to a fire on the second floor of a four-storey building.
“Crews are still in attendance.”
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