Glasgow was once a major port city, with many warehouses lining the waterfront, many storing the highly flammable products of the Scottish whisky industry. By the 1950s, many of these warehouses had fallen into disrepair. Then on March 28, 1960, just after seven in the evening, fire crews were called in to put out an immense blaze in a warehouse that had been storing 21,000 barrels of whisky and 30,000 gallons of rum. Whisky-fuelled explosions rocked the building. Flames shoot up more than 40 feet in the air. Soon, the fire…
