Man seriously hurt in Sheddocksley fire

The alarm was raised on Derbreth Crescent last night.

Published 7th Nov 2017

A man's seriously hurt in hospital after being pulled from a burning house in Aberdeen.

The alarm was raised on Derbreth Crescent in Sheddocksley last night.

A spokeswoman said: "The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was alerted just before 7.30pm on Monday, November 7 to reports of a house fire.

"Operations Control mobilised three appliances to Derbreth Crescent, Aberdeen.

"Firefighters very quickly located and removed a male casualty from the property who was then transported to hospital by the Scottish Ambulance Service.

“The fire was quickly extinguished using a water jet.

"A joint investigation with Police Scotland will be undertaken to establish the circumstances of the fire."