Massive blaze destroys primary school building

Firefighters worked through the night to tackle a blaze that engulfed an entire school in Midlothian.

Emergency services were called to the disused Paradykes Primary School in Loanhead about 9:35pm on Saturday.

They found the building was “well alight” and had been alerted to a possible person trapped inside. Appliances from Dalkeith, Liberton and Penicuik attended.

It was later confirmed that there were no casualties. Crews were still at the scene yesterday to dampen down the area.

DUNDEE