Footage shows aftermath of Ayr Station Hotel fire

Road and rail closures around the derelict station hotel at Ayr are set to continue until January.

The station has been out of use since a fire in September gutted the building, leaving it unsafe.

South Ayrshire Council said part, or all, of the building may need to be demolished after the hotel was extensively damaged in the blaze.

Three boys, two aged 13 and one aged 17, have been charged with wilful fire-raising.

The fire, on 25 September, was the second at the hotel in four months. South Ayrshire Council has so far been unable to contact the hotel's owner, who lives in Malaysia.

The council said the work involved was "complex" but added that it was too soon to say if demolition was needed.