Two boys charged over fire at former hospital

Burned-out windows on an old sandstone building with a slate roof. The window panes have all fallen out apart from three which are hanging on their hinges.33 Air Solutions

Fire crews were called out to the building on Thursday afternoon

Two boys have been charged in connection with a fire at a derelict building in Dumfries.

Emergency services were called out to the old Nithbank Hospital at about 15:00 on Thursday and Lindsay Terrace was shut for a while as a result.

Three engines were sent to the scene. The fire was extinguished and the area made safe.

A Police Scotland statement said two boys had been charged and a report would be sent to the relevant authorities.

The same hospital building from a different angle with burned-out windows and a member of the fire crew visible through one window.33 Air Solutions

Crews put out the fire and made the area safe

A statement from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: "We were alerted at 15:08 on Thursday, 18 September to reports of a fire affecting the first floor of a derelict building on Craigs Road, Dumfries.

"Operations control mobilised three appliances to the scene.

"Crews left after making the area safe."

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