Tower block blaze breaks out in bin store

Residents were evacuated from an Aberdeen tower block after a fire broke out.

No-one was injured in the blaze at Bruce House in the Hazlehead area of the city on Sunday evening. It is thought that the fire began in the bin store at the tower.

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: “The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was alerted at 19:29 on Sunday to reports of a fire. Operations control mobilised a number of fire engines.

“Several residents were led to safety before firefighters extinguished the fire. There were no casualties.”

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