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Kaitlin Easton & Paul T Smith

Major emergency response at top Scots hotel after chemical leak forces full evacuation of guests and staff

Emergency services have raced to a Scots hotel and locked down the scene amid an ongoing incident.

Police have taped off the entrance to the McDonald Inchyra Hotel and Spa in Grangemouth as the hotel is understood to have been evacuated.

The exact nature of the incident is not yet known but unconfirmed reports suggest there has been a significant chemical leak at the hotel's swimming pool.

Three fire engines, a support unit and an ambulance Specialist Operations Response Team are also on the scene.

The hotel has been taped off (Kyle Mclachlan)

It is understood the smell of chemicals quickly spread through the hotel's air conditioning unit as emergency services were alerted

All guests and staff were evacuated quickly but it is not currently known if anyone has been injured.

A spokesperson for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: "We were called at 7.30pm on Sunday September 26 to assist as part of a multi-agency response to incident at a hotel on Grange Road, Polmont.

"Operations control mobilised two appliances and a specialist response to the scene where crews remain in attendance."

Police Scotland confirmed they were in attendance at an ongoing incident.

More to follow on this breaking news.

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