Plumes of smoke seen across city as fire crews tackle blaze for hours

Firefighters tackled a large blaze in Dundee on Saturday evening for four hours.

Plumes of smoke were visible across the city as firefighters tackled the blaze at a property on Dundee Road West.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said it received a call at 7.13pm alerting them to a property on fire.

A  spokesperson for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service confirmed they had four appliances at the scene, but later reduced the number to two.

They said they had three main jets, a thermal image camera and a height appliance.

The fire service confirmed crews and appliances left the scene at about 11pm, but said police remained in attendance to cordon off the area.

It is not believed that anyone was hurt as a result.

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