Pensioner taken to hospital after Nairn kitchen fire

An 83-year-old man from Nairn is being treated for smoke inhalation after a kitchen fire in his home.

He was treated by paramedics outside of the two-storey, semi-detached property on Chattan Drive before being taken to Raigmore Hospital.

Two appliances from Nairn and one from Inverness were called to the house after the 999 call at 1.35pm.

Fire crews spent two hours battling the blaze.

A fire service spokeswoman said: “The fire damage was confined to the kitchen and there is smoke damage throughout the property.”