A man has died after falling from a window during a fire at a high-rise block of flats in Motherwell. Emergency services were called to the blaze on Shields Drive at 10.20pm on Thursday, March 5.
Firefighters attended and extinguished the fire. The man was seen having fallen from a window of the tower block and was pronounced dead at the scene. No other injuries were reported.
Police Scotland said inquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances. A spokesperson stated: “We received a report of a fire within a property on Shields Drive in Motherwell around 10.20pm on Thursday, 5 March, 2026. Emergency services attended and a man was seen having fallen from the window of a property. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The fire was extinguished by Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and no-one else was injured.”
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said they were alerted at 10.08pm and mobilised nine appliances and specialist appliances to the scene. One appliance remained in attendance.
