This is a building which will be familiar to many from the view to it down Renfield Street, and for years there was an Irn Bru advert on the rooftop hoarding on the left of the photo, which was visible behind the corner dome, and a red neon Bells sign on the dome itself.

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If it is this building that's been affected and if it's as bad the the current reports suggest, this is going to have a major impact on the local streetscape, and the views down Renfield Street, as well as causing major disruption to the roads around Central Station.

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There's currently a major fire on Union Street in the centre of Glasgow. There are no reports of casualties, but apparently parts of the building involved have collapsed.

As far as I can work out from the news footage, it's the building in the centre of this photo (which I took last year) which has been affected.

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