A person armed with a knife and carrying a fuel masks in an Inverness avenue has sparked a serious emergency service response.
The person, clothed in fight gear, was seen climbing out of a flat window on Polvanie View.
Native residents additionally claimed a flat had been set alight on the street.
It's understood that there are seven police vans alongside two Scottish Hearth and Rescue Service (SFRS) automobiles presently within the space.
Witnesses reported listening to a loud bang and instructed how paramedics have now arrived on the scene.
It isn't but identified whether or not there have been some other accidents following the incident.
The street presently stays cordoned off by the police.
Hearth crews are nonetheless engaged on the blaze on the second-floor of a three-story block.
An SFRS spokesperson instructed the Document: "We had been known as to Polvadie View, Inverness at 3.14pm on Thursday.
"Just a few home equipment had been despatched to the scene and are nonetheless in attendance."
Police Scotland have additionally been contacted for remark.
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