Fire services called out to incident in Watten beside children's playpark

Fire services were seen yesterday afternoon extinguishing the remains of a fire in a building beside the children's playpark in the village.

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) spokesperson said: "We were alerted at 2.31pm on Tuesday, 18 October to reports of a fire within a changing room at Watten Park, Caithness.

"Operations Control mobilised two appliances to the scene to extinguish a small fire. There were no reported casualties."

SFRS personnel were observed finishing up at the area at around 5pm. The building is used as a changing room for sporting activities at Watten Park.

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