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Glasgow Central station concourse fully reopens four months after fire

The last exclusion zone inside Glasgow Central has been removed four months after a fire that badly damaged a nearby building.The full station concourse reopened on Monday July 13 ahead of the reopening later this week of the remaining entrances which have been shut since the blaze in March.The fire began in a vape shop on Union Street on Sunday March 8, before spreading through the building and around the corner, leading to the structure collapsing.Only the facade of the B-listed Victorian building at the junction with Gordon Street near the station was left standing, but it was later demolished due to safety fears.A building near the station was badly damaged by the blaze (Network Rail/PA)PA MediaGlasgow City Council said that work to stabilise a gable at the site is now complete and the
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