Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Probe after elderly man dies in house fire

Probe after elderly man dies in   house fire

An elderly man died in a house fire at a terraced property in Aberdeen last night.

The alarm was raised to the house in Brighton Place just before 9pm with three fire appliances deployed to the scene.

Crews discovered the body of an elderly resident, named locally as George Wood, leading to a large police presence joining them at the scene.

Worried neighbours, who were too upset to speak about the tragedy, gathered at the edge of an extensive cordoned-off area as inquiries began.

They reported that an ambulance had attended initially, along with the fire crews, but had gone away without transporting a patient.

One woman, who asked not to be named, said that she had not seen Mr Wood for some time, and assumed he had been ill.

Forensic officers and plain-clothes investigators arrived at the narrow street, which runs between Great Western Road and Union Grove.

Firefighters continued to work inside the house, wearing breathing equipment kits and protective headwear with small searchlights attached.

Outside, a floodlight from one of the fire appliances lit up the row of houses, as the crews made sure the blaze was out.

A paramedic vehicle and ambulance emergency support unit were also in attendance. At one stage, a senior police officer and the fire and rescue incident commander spoke to groups of their crews outside the house.

A police spokesman said last night: “At 8.57pm tonight, three Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) appliances attended a report of a house fire in Brighton Place, Aberdeen.

“The body of an elderly male was discovered within. At this time there does not appear to be any suspicious circumstances.

“A joint investigation between SFRS and Police Scotland will be carried out tomorrow.”