Emergency services at suspected gas leak in Fife village

Emergency services cordoned off part of a Fife village due to a gas leak.

Police, ambulance and the fire brigade were all in attendance at the incident in Newmills.

A spokesperson for Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: “We received a call at 11.06am about a suspected as leak in Main Street, Newmills.

“We sent two appliances from Dunfermline.

“They remain at the scene.”

Several police cars, an incident response unit and at least one ambulance are also at the scene.

Emergency repairs ongoing

A spokesperson for SGN said: “Our engineers are on site following third party damage to our gas main.

“We are currently working to make the situation safe for our engineers to begin excavating at the point of the damage, to enable emergency repairs.

“To allow this work to take place, a section of Smiddy Wynd has been closed and a local diversion route is in place.

“Please be assured we will complete our repairs as quickly as possible. ”

Meantime a Police Scotland spokesperson said: “A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 11.10am on Tuesday we received a report of a gas leak on Main Street, Newmills.

“There was no risk to the public and no further police action required.”