Man and woman die in Glasgow flat fire after five people taken to hospital

A man and a woman have died after a fire broke out at a set of flats in Glasgow. Emergency crews raced to Hughenden Lane in Hyndland at around 10.20pm on Monday following reports of a fire. Nine Scottish Fire and Rescue Service appliances and high reach appliance attended the scene to battle the blaze. Five people were taken to hospital for the effects of smoke inhalation. Officers have now confirmed that a man and a woman were pronounced dead at the scene. Their next of kin are aware. The fire is not believed to be suspicious, and no criminality has been established. Police taped off an area around the back of the building as officers, who were still at the scene on Wednesday, cordoned off the area. In photographs taken from the scene , debris from the fire could be seen underneath a window in the car park. A fire investigation team could be seen in attendance, while a local appeared to be carrying flowers to lay outside the home. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "We received a report of a fire at a property in Hughenden Lane, Hyndland in Glasgow around 10.20pm on Monday, October 20, 2025. Emergency services attended, and a man and woman were pronounced dead at the scene. Their next of kin are aware. "Five people were taken to hospital for the effects of smoke inhalation. The fire is not believed to be suspicious, and no criminality has been established." A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: “We were alerted at 10.13pm on Monday, October 20 to reports of a fire within a block of flats on Hughenden Lane in Glasgow. “Operations Control mobilised nine fire appliances and a high reach appliance to the scene. One fire appliance currently remains in attendance.” A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We received a call at 22.18 on October 20 to attend an incident on Hughenden Lane, Glasgow. "Five ambulances, a paramedic response unit and two trauma teams were dispatched to the scene. Three patients were transported to Glasgow Royal Infirmary, two patients to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and one patient was treated at the scene.”