FIREFIGHTERS tackled a midnight blaze near the top of a high-rise block of flats in Drumchapel. 

Emergency crews rushed to Linkwood Crescent when the alarm was raised about the smell of smoke on the 16th floor. 

This was extinguished safely and police have now launched a probe into the cause of the inferno. 

The fire service was also called out to the block on a further two occasions during the early hours, but no blaze was discovered on either visit. 

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Officers say the investigation is at an early stage. 

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: "We were alerted at 12.04am on Thursday, May 6, to reports of a smell of smoke at a block of flats at Linkwood Crescent, Glasgow.

"Operations Control immediately mobilised four appliances and an aerial ladder to the multi-storey block and firefighters extinguished a fire on the landing of the sixteenth floor.

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“Two further alerts were received during the night reporting a smell of smoke and on both occasions crews attending found no trace of fire.

“Crews left the scene after ensuring the area was made safe and there were no reported casualties.”

A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Officers attended at Linkwood Crescent in Glasgow at 12.10am on Wednesday, May 6.  Enquiries are ongoing."