Five escape Inverness house fire

FIVE people including a child escaped from a house fire in Inverness in the early hours today.

The blaze broke out at a house in Dalneigh at around 2.20am.

Four adults and the child managed to flee the fire in the upstairs of the property.

Two of the adults suffered smoke inhalation and minor burns.

A Northern constabulary spokesman said an investigation into what caused the fire is under way.

No more information was available.