A man has died in an early morning fire at a flat in Perth.
Emergency services were called to the incident at a property in St Catherine’s Road in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Crews responded to the incident at 5am, with multiple appliances dispatched to the scene.
Firefighters accessed the building through Caledonian Road.
They worked for two hours to bring the blaze under control.
Tragically, a man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The fire is being treated as unexplained.
Man found dead at Perth flat
A police spokesperson said: “Around 5.15am on Sunday, 2 March, 2025, police received a report of a fire at a flat on St Catherine’s Road, Perth.
“Emergency services attended and a man was found within the property. He was pronounced dead at the scene and next of kin are aware.
“The fire is being treated as unexplained and a joint investigation to establish the full circumstances is ongoing.”
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson added: “We received the call at 4:53am reporting a fire at a block of flats.
“Four fire engines were dispatched to the scene.
“The stop message was received at 6:46am.”
Eyewitness describes ‘serious incident’
One eyewitness, who passed the scene, described the major emergency response:
“You could obviously tell it was a serious incident. There were two fire engines and a fire car there, along with two police vans, a police car and two ambulances when I passed.
“Fire crews were coming and going from the flats are there was still one yellow hose reel that was going into the block.
“Police were standing outside the block of flats even after the fire brigade had left. I noticed that a third-floor window seemed to have two windows open, and was in darkness, so it looks like that was perhaps where the fire was.
“The lane of Caledonian Road heading towards the roundabout with Longcauseway was blocked, but traffic was able to pass coming from the police station direction.”
This incident comes after a second fire broke out at a block of flats on Strathtay Road on Thursday evening.
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