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Gas leak sparks flat evacuation

Three people have been taken to hospital with suspected carbon monoxide poisoning.

Emergency services and the gas board were called to a flat in Garvel Road in Glasgow's Barlanark area at 2.15pm yesterday.

Two crews from Easterhouse Fire Station scrambled to the scene where they cleared people out of the four-storey flat.

"Firefighters forced entry into the flat and evacuated the building," said a spokesman.

Two menand one woman were taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary with suspected carbon monoxide poisoning.

A spokeswoman for Scotland Gas Networks said: "We were called to the flat following reports of a gas escape. Our engineers have now left the property."

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