Elderly man dies in tenement blaze

AN ELDERLY man died and a firefighter was injured in a fire in a tenement block of flats yesterday.

The man died at the scene of the blaze in Caledonia Road in the Gorbals area of Glasgow. Emergency services were called shortly before noon to be greeted by "intense heat and smoke", Strathclyde Fire and Rescue said. One firefighter suffered burns during the incident.