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The scale of the damage caused during the latest major fire to hit Park Primary School in Invergordon, Ross-shire, has been released by Highland Council


By Philip Murray

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The roof has been destroyed in places at Park Primary School. Picture: Highland Council.
The roof has been destroyed in places at Park Primary School. Picture: Highland Council.

HIGHLAND Council has released a photo showing the devastating damage caused by the latest fire at a Ross-shire school.

Park Primary School in Invergordon suffered its second major blaze in 12 months this morning, with dozens of firefighters scrambled to the scene from the likes of Dingwall, Inverness, Dornoch, Tain, Fortrose and Invergordon.

At the time of the fire, which broke out shortly after 7am, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service warned that the building was "well alight" and flames had punched through the roof.

Highland Council has now released a photo of the school in the aftermath of the blaze, which clearly shows the scale of the damage to the roof, which had been destroyed in some places.

Meanwhile, the Highland community has been reacting with shock to news of this second devastating fire, which took place almost exactly a year to the day after the first.

Eden Court Theatre's chief executive, James Mackenzie-Blackman, was among those to offer their thoughts to all those affected. The theatre had thrown a special day for the youngsters in the wake of last February's shock fire.

Taking to Twitter this afternoon, he described it as heart-breaking, and added: "Can’t believe that Park Primary in Invergordon is ablaze again. It was exactly a year ago tomorrow we had the whole school with us at Eden Court to cheer them up at David Walliams’s Billionaire Boy after the last fire. Thoughts to Mrs Cox and the whole school community."

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