Firefighters tackle blaze at Bathgate pub

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service were alerted to a fire at the Ballencrieff pub in Hopetoun Street, Bathgate, at around 8.30am yesterday morning.

Four fire appliances containing around 20 firefighters attended the scene.

The fire was extinguished the blaze with water jets.

No one was injured in the incident.

A spokeswoman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue service said: “We were alerted at 8.31am on Sunday to reports of a fire at a public house in Bathgate.

“Operations control immediately mobilised four appliances to the scene at Hopetoun Street.

“Firefighters used powerful water jets to extinguish the fire located within the ground floor. There were no casualties.

“Crews remained on the scene carrying out dampening down operations until the area was made safe.”