Huge fire at Scots vets forces staff to flee with customers and animals

Scottish Sun

16-05-2025

The vets posted on social media to reveal everyone - patients and humans - were safe
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SICK animals had to be evacuated with staff and owners after a huge fire ripped through a vet's practice.
Six fire engine crews raced to the scene of the blaze in Rogart, Easter Ross battling a blaze in Rogart this afternoon after a fire in a local building close to the A839.
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The fire was extinguished by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
Police say there were no suspicious circumstances and confirmed nobody was harmed.
There were unconfirmed reports locally that the blaze started when an electric car caught fire, with a shed beside the vets' building also ablaze.
A social media post by Rogart Vets earlier today read: 'Due to a fire, the practice is closed.
"All patients and staff are safe, and emergency services are on scene.
'Thank you for your kind words and understanding during this difficult time. For emergencies only, please phone the practice number to be transferred to Easter Ross Vets.'
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: 'We were alerted at 11.28am on Friday, May 16, to reports of a fire on the A839 in Rogart, Sutherland.
'Operations Control mobilised seven fire appliances and three specialist resources to the scene, where firefighters are working to extinguish a fire affecting a shed which has now spread to a nearby single-storey commercial building and a car.
'Crews remain in attendance.'
Confirming the incident, a Police Scotland spokesperson said: 'Emergency services are in attendance following a fire at a premises just off the A839 in Rogart.'
Members of the public are being urged to avoid the area, and nearby residents are advised to keep windows and doors closed.