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Fire crews tackle blaze at car dealership on Perth’s Motor Mile

The fire, on Dunkeld Road, started in the early hours of Thursday morning.

A height appliance battling the blaze.
Firefighters battling a blaze at a car dealership on Dunkeld Road in Perth. Image: Stuart Cowper

Fire crews tackled a blaze at a car dealership on Perth’s Motor Mile on Thursday morning.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) battled the fire at Cameron Motors on Dunkeld Road just after 1am.

Dunkeld Road was closed between Gowans Terrace and Bute Drive but reopened at around 8.20am.

The cause of the fire is unknown.

Dunkeld Road was closed following the fire. Image: Stuart Cowper

Bus services in the area faced disruption due to the incident.

Fire crews attend ‘well-developed’ fire

An eyewitness at the scene said: “It’s hard to see how much damage there is at the moment, but it seems like it was a big fire.

“There were six appliances at the height of it and it seems like it was a well-developed fire.

“I saw fire crews go into the building too which is still smouldering away.”

The fire on Perth's Motor Mile
The fire happened on Perth’s Motor Mile. Image: Stuart Cowper.

A local resident added: “Thankfully, there does not appear to be any significant damage to the building.

“There was still a large fire service presence just after 8am this morning.”

A SFRS spokesperson added: “We were in attendance at a fire at Cameron Motors on Dunkeld Road.

“The first call came in at around 1.06am.

“We had four appliances in attendance including a height appliance.”

Police Scotland also attended the incident.

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