Firefighters tackle huge blaze at former care home in Aberdeenshire

Over 60 firefighters have tackled a large place at a former care home in Aberdeenshire.

It broke out in the disused Blythewood Care Home in Port Elphinstone, Inverurie, at 1.40pm on Sunday. No one is thought to have been injured.

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said: ''We have 13 appliances at the scene. The building has two floors and there is a large amount of smoke coming from it. The fire happened in a disused care home.''