Firefighters have rescued two children and five adults from a burning flat in Glasgow.

The alarm was raised at 4.30am on Saturday after a ground-floor property in a tenement in the Cathcart area caught fire.

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the building in Holmlea Road and seven people to safety.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said those rescued were suffering from smoke inhalation and all but one were taken to hospital.

A service spokeswoman said: "Both children went to the Royal Hospital for Children, two adults were taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and two went to Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

"They were treated for slight smoke inhalation. The seventh person did not require hospital treatment."

A total of four fire engines and one high-reach appliance were used to fight the blaze in the four-storey block of flats, which was extinguished by 5.11am.

The surrounding properties were evacuated and the road was closed while the blaze was tackled.