Service for warehouse blaze dead

24 August 2012 Last updated at 20:00 ET


By Reevel Alderson BBC Scotland's social affairs correspondent
The bodies of seven firemen were recovered from the warehouse
A service is being held at Glasgow Cathedral to mark the 40th anniversary of a blaze in a warehouse in the city in which seven firemen died.
They were rescuing a trapped colleague when a flashover occurred - a burst of flame and intense heat up to 1,000 degrees.
Until then it had been a routine operation to tackle a relatively small blaze.
Fireman Hugh Welsh was one of the first to arrive on the scene in Kilbirnie Street on

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