A fierce blaze has damaged out on the former St Benedict's convent in Dumfries, sparking an emergency response. The hearth took maintain shortly earlier than 2.30am right now on the well-known landmark, positioned on Maxwell Avenue within the city.
Mercy crews together with dozens of firefighters from Scottish Hearth and Rescue Service and officers from Police Scotland raced to the scene in a bid to mood the blaze.
Images taken on the web site, which have been shared on social media, present shiny orange flames ravaging the deserted constructing, which dates again to 1884, whereas plumes of ashy gray smoke billow into the air.
Giant timber and shrubbery are located dangerously near the inferno, however seem like largely unaffected by the occasion. One other picture taken from a property close by reveals a fireball erupting into the night time sky.
It's understood surrounding streets have been sealed off to guard residents from the continued incident. Hero fireplace fighters stay on the scene this morning as efforts proceed to sort out the blaze.
It's believed nobody has suffered any accidents to date. The property was the setting for Peter Mullan's 2002 movie the Magdalene Sisters.
A Scottish Hearth and Rescue spokesperson stated: "Crews have been alerted at 2.25am to experiences of a fireplace affecting a derelict constructing on Maxwell Avenue, Dumfries.
"Operational management mobilised 9 home equipment and a variety of different assets to the scene. Crews stay in attendance as they work to extinguish the hearth. There are not any experiences of casualties right now."
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