{"id":142327,"date":"2018-06-17T09:55:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T09:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/glasgow-art-school-blaze-fire-crews-spend-second-day-at-the-scene\/"},"modified":"2018-06-17T09:55:53","modified_gmt":"2018-06-17T09:55:53","slug":"glasgow-art-school-blaze-fire-crews-spend-second-day-at-the-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/glasgow-art-school-blaze-fire-crews-spend-second-day-at-the-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow art school blaze: Fire crews spend second day at the scene"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Media captionAerial footage shows scale of the Glasgow School of Art fire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fire crews are spending a second day working to extinguish the blaze which has devastated Glasgow's School of Art.<\/p>\n

Fire chiefs said the fire - which also badly damaged the nearby O2 ABC music venue - had largely been contained.<\/p>\n

However, a few pockets of fire remained and crews stayed at the scene overnight. The fire service said it was too early to speculate on the cause.<\/p>\n

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon described the damage as "heartbreaking".<\/p>\n

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Image caption The art school building has been devastated by the fire <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Friday night's blaze is the second to hit the Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed building in four years.<\/p>\n

Forensic experts will not gain access to the building until it has been made safe.<\/p>\n

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    No-one is thought to have been injured by the fire, which was reported at about 23:20 on Friday.<\/p>\n

    At the height of the blaze, a total of 120 firefighters and 20 fire engines were at the scene and nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution. Hoses brought water from the River Clyde to help fight the flames.<\/p>\n

    On Saturday night 50 firefighters, nine fire engines and four high reach appliances remained at the scene.<\/p>\n

    Interactive Before and after: Glasgow School of Art from the air <\/h2>\n

    After the fire on 16 June 2018 <\/h3>\n

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    Before the fire - Google Earth 2018 <\/h3>\n

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    Image caption As it was: the art school building was under reconstruction from the first fire in 2014 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
    Image caption After the fire: the art school and a neighbouring building have been devastated, <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Group Manager Mark Gallacher, the officer in charge of the incident, said the fire service would remain at the scene "for as long as it takes".<\/p>\n

    He said: "We are absolutely committed to preventing any further damage to surrounding properties and ensuring the area is made safe."<\/p>\n

    Miles Glendinning, a professor of architectural conservation, told BBC Radio Scotland he was hopeful the art school could be restored as it still exists in digital form. <\/p>\n

    "I think it should be restored and it will be restored," he said. <\/p>\n

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      Speaking to Good Morning Scotland, he said "remarkable" records had been made of the building as part of the restoration project following the 2014 fire. <\/p>\n

      "A Glasgow School of Art project team [made] a digital recording reconstruction of the whole building, not just the bit that was affected before, down to the nearest millimetre, outside and in, using photos and measured drawings," he said. <\/p>\n

      Image copyright Getty Images <\/figure>\n

      "So the building still exists digitally even if the inside is for the moment physically absent. This is a world first for Scotland."<\/p>\n

      He said he would be "very surprised" if the building had to be knocked down and rebuilt, saying the walls could instead be reinforced. <\/p>\n

      First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visited the site on Saturday.<\/p>\n

      She said: "The fire has been a devastating blaze, much worse than the one that took hold of the Mackintosh building four years ago.<\/p>\n

      "The damage is severe and extensive. My heart goes out to everybody associated with the art school."<\/p>\n

      Image copyright Rocco Giudice
      Image caption The fire could be seen throughout Glasgow city centre <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

      Ms Sturgeon said the Scottish government stood "ready to provide any support" in the wake of the blaze.<\/p>\n

      Prime Minister Teresa May said the UK government would support the Scottish government in restoration efforts.<\/p>\n

      The A-listed building, considered to be Charles Rennie Mackintosh's masterpiece, was badly damaged in a blaze in May 2014. <\/p>\n

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      Image caption The fire ripped through the newly-restored building on Friday night <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
      Image copyright Getty Images <\/figure>\n

      That blaze, which was caused by a faulty projector, destroyed the building's library, recognised as one of the world's finest examples of art nouveau.<\/p>\n

      It had been due to reopen next year after being restored in a project estimated to cost up to \u00a335m.<\/p>\n

      There was shock and disbelief that the building had been hit by another major blaze, with local people and former students among those to express sadness.<\/p>\n

      Glasgow School of Art said its immediate focus was on its students after the "devastating" fire.<\/p>\n

      Image copyright Getty Images <\/figure>\n
      Image copyright Getty Images <\/figure>\n
      Image copyright Getty Images <\/figure>\n
      Image copyright EPA
      Image caption At the height of the fire, hoses ran down to the River Clyde which provided a key source of water <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

      The Mackintosh building was completed in 1909 based on designs by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scotland's most-lauded designer.<\/p>\n

      Glasgow School of Art has produced a number of leading contemporary artists, including Douglas Gordon, Alison Watt, David Shrigley, and recent Turner Prize winners Simon Starling, Richard Wright and Martin Boyce.<\/p>\n

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