Emergency services called to late night rescue at Kinghorn Harbour after youth falls from rocks

Emergency services were called to a late night rope rescue at Kinghorn Harbour on Friday after a youth fell from rocks.

Police, ambulance and the fire service were called to Pettycur Bay shortly after 9pm.

Four appliances were sent to the scene by the fire service, including one height appliance from Dunfermline and a rope rescue crew from Tollcross.

They remained on the scene for almost two hours.

The male youth was taken to Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy following the incident.

No details on his condition have been given.

Call came in shortly after 9pm

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 9pm on Friday, we received a report of a person falling from rocks at Pettycur Bay, Kinghorn.

“Emergency services attended and a male youth was taken to the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy.”

A spokesperson for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service added: “We got the call to the harbour area at Kinghorn at 9.09pm.

“We mobilised crews from Burntisland and Kirkcaldy, a rope rescue crew from Tollcross, and a height appliance from Dunfermline to a rope rescue incident.

“The last appliance left the scene 10:44pm.

“Police and the ambulance service were also in attendance.”