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VIDEO: Emergency services on the scene of Inverness city centre fire where a 57-year-old man died at a flat in Queensgate


By Ian Duncan

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Police officers and fire investigators are continuing to probe the cause of a fire at an Inverness flat where a 57-year-old man died.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was first alerted at 2.26am today and a total of four appliances were sent to Queensgate – three from Inverness and one from Dingwall.

Once they arrived they used four sets of breathing apparatus, one main jet and a hose reel jet to tackle the blaze in the first floor flat in a three storey building.

They were still on the scene at 9am as the investigation progressed.

Queensgate was closed while they were fighting the fire but a Police Scotland spokeswoman confirmed that it has since been reopened.

A police spokeswoman added: "Around 2.50am on Wednesday, April 14, officers were called to reports of a fire within a property in Queensgate.

"Emergency services attended, and the body of a 57-year-old man was found within the property. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

"A joint investigation with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to establish the cause of the fire is ongoing."

It is not yet known whether the incident is being treated as suspicious.

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