Two boys charged in connection with blaze at derelict premises in South Kessock, Inverness
Published: 12:40, 12 March 2020
| Updated: 13:03, 12 March 2020
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Police investigating a fire in a derelict building in Thornbush Road, in the South Kessock area of Inverness, have charged two 12-year-old boys in connection with the blaze.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman confirmed they had been charged and the incident is being treated as "wilful".
She added: "A report will be sent to the Children’s Reporter."
Emergency services were called out at around 6.50pm yesterday following reports of a fire in Thornbush Road.
The road was closed for around two hours while the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service made the area safe and brought the fire under control.
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