Crews tackle blaze in school toilets

Firefighters tackled a blaze in the toilet block at Levenmouth Academy in Fife on Wednesday evening.

Crews were called shortly before 5.30pm, with a fire extinguished in the toilet area in an annexe at the school.

A message from the school’s head teacher confirmed the incident, saying it was being dealt with by the senior management team.

Police confirmed no one had been injured during the incident.

“Please be aware that there has been a minor incident at the Levenmouth Academy Annexe this evening,” head teacher Ronnie Ross said on social media.

The school was open again yesterday, with Fife Council saying the fire had caused minor cosmetic damage.

Kevin Funnell, service manager, said: “There were two fire-raising incidents within the grounds of Levenmouth School. No one was hurt and they were quickly dealt with.

“One fire caused minor cosmetic damage outside the school. The other has caused a lot of smoke damage to the sports hall annexe.

“The school is open to pupils with some community use services affected. Police Scotland are involved.”

Police Scotland said inquiries were ongoing.

A force spokesman said: “Around 5.25pm on Wednesday November 24 police were made aware of a fire within the toilet area in Levenmouth Academy.

“The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) attended and extinguished the fire.

“There were no reports of anyone injured and inquiries into the incident are continuing.”

An SFRS spokesman said: “Two pumps attended and found a fire within a toilet. We left at 6.40pm.”