Boy, 12, taken to hospital after Uddingston explosion

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Image caption, Emergency services rushed to the industrial estate

A 12-year-old boy was taken to hospital following reports of an explosion at an industrial estate in South Lanarkshire.

Emergency services were called to a unit in the Tannochside estate in Uddingston at about 21:10 on Monday.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service confirmed that a skip and a heavy goods vehicle had caught fire.

Four fire appliances were mobilised and the blaze was extinguished. The crews left at 23:51 after making the area safe.

Inquiries are ongoing to determine what caused the explosion.