Fire crews rescue pair from balcony

Two people were rescued from a flat in Fife in the early hours of this morning after a fire broke out on the sixth floor of the property.

Emergency crews were called to the scene at the eight-storey Park View flats in Kirkcaldy at around 12.10am today.

They found a man and woman on the balcony of the sixth-floor flat and brought them down to safety, Fife Fire and Rescue said.

The pair were treated for slight smoke inhalation by ambulance crew but did not need to go to hospital.

Fire crews extinguished the blaze by 2am.