BBC Scotland headquarters has been evacuated because of a fire.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service were called at 11.26am after reports of smoke coming from the roof of the building at Pacific Quay in Glasgow.
Five appliances were sent to the scene, including a specialist high reach vehicle.
Staff have been evacuated and BBC Radio Scotland's Off the Ball programme, which was being broadcast at the time of the incident, has been taken off air and replaced with a "network programme".
It is understood the smoke was coming from a utility room.
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: “We were alerted at 11.26am on Sunday, January 31 to reports of smoke issuing from the roof of a commercial building in Glasgow’s Pacific Quay.
Operations Control has mobilised four fire appliances and an aerial platform to the scene, and firefighters are presently working to extinguish a fire that has taken hold within a utility room on top of the roof.”
BBC building in Glasgow has been evacuated. Smoke can be seen coming from the roof. Fire crews are on scene pic.twitter.com/sDqYPoNAxB
— Derek Ferguson (@DerekFerguson4) January 31, 2021
The BBC has been at Pacific Quay since 2007 having been designed by architect David Chipperfield.
It is home to three TV studios and five radio studios.
Green MSP Ross Greer tweeted: "Horrible to hear about the fire at BBC Scotland HQ. Hope everyone was able to safely evacuate."
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