Network rail have uploaded a video taken of inside the station showing very little damage thankfully!
Network Rail Scotland - Glasgow Central Roof b-roll March 10 2026.mp4
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There is a gap between the station and the building which I think in this case done it's job!
Yes of course. I was referring more to the safety of the general public, not it being a critical threat to the station/hotel if it gives up and collapses completely.
A positive development indeed.
Indeed. Pretty sure the relevent folk are working overtime to put together and enact a recovery plan once the fire is confirmed to out completely with no chance of any flare-ups occurring. I wouldn't want to be in their postions at the moment, that much I can say with certainty.
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I’ve added a word. I’d guess there’s an awful lot of structural assessment to do after soaking up all that energy.
It would have been tragic to have lost it. It is my second favourite station after St Pancras. Sadly passengers hoping to grab a fish supper from the Blue Lagoon before boarding their train will be disappointed.
Indeed, there was a palpable fear I had going to sleep on Sunday night that I'd wake up to the gutted ruins of Central on top of the loss of Forsyth House. Thanks to the heroic efforts of the fire service, my fears were fortunately unfounded. Fought like lions in very difficult circumstances. Deserving of all the praise heaped upon them imo.
It isn't. Gordon Street isn't a wide road, it's actually a lot narrower than most through streets in that area. What's remaining of the won't be toppled down.
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and not too far away.There is no "Central Station side", demolishing any building there will have a risk to the station.
8 ScR units total as noted above. Not that it's really that important in the grand scheme, the unit numbers are as follows (listed in ascending platform order; info gleamed from RTT and the above Traksy screenshot posted by @Peter Mugridge):
I imagine they'd like them out of there anyway, just in case there is any prospect of part of the roof coming down or someone dropping scaffolding on them.
After years of political squabbling, presumably.
If you ask me, you would have been disappointed getting a fish supper there anyway!
the one on argyle st under the bridge is better, chips with extra diesel fume seasoning!
Since single use vapes were banned they have to have a charging port. The only other way round it would be to use AAA or AAAA batteries in them and replaced as when when needed.
Alkaline AAA batteries and the like cannot provide enough power for a vape. Ironically, using them could actually lead to overheating.
I suspect they will all need hauled out of Central, as I suspect the pans probably werent lowered before evacuation of the station, so the units will have flat batteries.
The modern-day equivalent appears to be high-volume pumping units which are deployed on the riverbank and can move up to 3500 litres per minute.
Well that's done people a favour then.
Highly flammable - aerosol hairspray, styling gels, hair dyes (which contain ammonia and peroxide) and the laquers and UV curable resins used in nail bars. Having all those businesses concentrated in one old Victorian building with no fire protection was just as much a risk as a vape shop.
The amount pumped by "St Mungo" was approximately 32,000 litres per minute, supplying 31 hoselines.
Most of the LED lighting and neon displays are powered by a 5v 1A USB cable, and doubtful have any electrical issues with them. I've got a few of them and never had any issues with overheating or any electrical interference at all. It is whatever type of USB plug they are using to power them that is the issue. A standard iPhone charger or USB-within-a-plug-socket works just as well.
