A woman had to be taken to hospital after a blaze broke out at a block of flats in Glasgow.

Fire crews were called to the four-storey tenement block in Skirving Street after the alarm was raised at around 8.33am on Wednesday.

A number of residents were evacuated from eight flats within the building.

Two people had to be rescued by firefighters and were passed into the care of the Scottish Ambulance Service.

Three people were seen by medics in total. Two received treatment at the scene, while a third was taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for smoke inhalation.

A spokesperson from the Scottish Ambulance Service said: "We received a call today to attend an incident on Skirving Street in Glasgow.

"We dispatched two ambulances and our special operations team to the scene.

"We treated two people at the scene and conveyed one female patient to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital."

Four fire engines and an aerial appliance was used to bring the first-floor flat blaze under control.

Emergency crews, including officers from Police Scotland, remain at the scene.

A Scottish Fire & Rescue Service spokesman said: "The Scottish Fire & Rescue Service was alerted at 8.33am on Wednesday, April 3 to reports of a fire within a first-floor flat in a four-storey block on Skirving Street, Glasgow.

"Operations control mobilised four fire engines and an aerial appliance to the scene where firefighters assisted two people from the building before handing them into the care of the Scottish Ambulance Service.

"The fire is now extinguished and crews remain in attendance as they work to make the area safe."

The street is currently closed between Deanston Drive and Tantallon Road

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "Around 8.40 am on Wednesday, April 3, police were called to a report of a fire at a flat in Skirving Street, Glasgow.

"Emergency services attended and a number of people were evacuated from eight flats in the building.

"One woman was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation.

"A joint investigation with the Scottish Fire & Rescue Service is underway to establish the cause of the fire."