A number of homes in an Aberdeenshire town have been evacuated in the early hours of the morning following a deliberate gas leak.
The incident took place at around 1am on Saturday, February 4, when officers were called to Kirk Street in Peterhead, following reports of a fire.
Emergency services, including Police Scotland and Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, sped to the scene and began removing people from nearby properties in order to secure the area, according to AberdeenLive.
The road was closed for over an hour as crews fought to extinguish the fire and cap the gas leak. The dramatic event is being treated as wilful, and cops have launched an investigation to piece together exactly what happened.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 1am on Saturday, February 4, 2023, police were called to assist Scottish Fire and Rescue Service at the scene of a fire in the Kirk Street area of Peterhead.
"A number of nearby properties were evacuated and the road was closed for an hour, until the fire was extinguished and gas leak was capped. The incident is being treated as wilful and enquiries are ongoing.”
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