More than 80 crew members have been evacuated from an offshore vessel after a fire on board.
Fire crews were called to the scene in Peterhead Harbour at around 3am and had the blaze under control within two hours.
At the height of the incident 36 firefighters were involved in tackling the inferno on the Fugro Symphony, an offshore supply vessel.
The 84 crew on board were evacuated to the Fishermen’s Mission in Peterhead.
There were no reports of any injuries.
A spokeswoman for fire and rescue said five appliances, a foam unit and an incident support unit were used at the scene.
She added: “We were called to the incident at 2.5oam and the flames were put out by 5am.
“The vessel was already in the harbour when we arrived and an evacuation was in progress.”
It is not known what started the fire.
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