Police have deployed a drone to help assist them in their investigation into the cause of the fire which burned down a Glasgow church yesterday morning.
St Simon's Catholic Church, on Bridge Street in Partick, went up in flames with emergency services attending the scene at around 2.40am.
Around 30 firefighters battle the blaze, with police launching a joint investigation into the cause of the fire.
However, due to the damage caused during the blaze, police last night confirmed that neither officers nor firefighters were able to establish a cause of the fire so far.
In a statement issued last night, Chief Inspector Natalie Carr, local area commander said: "This remains a multiagency incident and due to the fact that the building is unsafe, at this time neither Police nor Scottish Fire and Rescue officers have been able to get into the church to establish how the fire started.
"Enquiries are very much at an early stage and we cannot speculate at this time as to the cause."
A police drone has now been deployed to help excavate the site and determine what caused the devastating fire.
Police drone being deployed at St Simon’s Church on Patrick Bridge Street, Glasgow to assist @GreaterGlasgPol and @fire_scot. Aerial images will assist a joint fire investigation. #policeairsupport #partickbridgestreet
— Police Scotland Air Unit (@polscotair) July 29, 2021
Police Scotland Air Unit today tweeted: "Police drone being deployed at St Simon’s Church on Patrick Bridge Street, Glasgow to assist @GreaterGlasgPol and @fire_scot.
"Aerial images will assist a joint fire investigation."
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