UPDATE + PICTURES: Unattended candle may have sparked Scottish Fire and Rescue Service alert at Inverness city centre home
An unattended candle is believed to have caused a small house fire that sparked an emergency alert near Inverness city centre this afternoon.
Fire crews and an ambulance rushed to the city’s Duncraig Street, near Central Primary School around 2.45 pm today after a member of the public reported seeing flames through a window at the premises.
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A witness said that a window was broken and the fire was extinguished before the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service reached the scene and made the house safe.
A fire service spokeswoman said: “We were called to a house fire at Duncraig Street at 14:43 and one appliance initially attended.
“Our crew found that a small fire at the premises had already been extinguished.”
A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesman confirmed they attended but that no-one was harmed.