Fire at the Harbour

Latest update from Highland Council

As you may have heard by now there was a serious fire in the flats overlooking the harbour earlier today and I’ve just has this update from council officers:

• Police Scotland has confirmed everyone is safe and accounted for.

• NHS Highland is leading on Care for People, with THC Housing assisting and helping with options for those people displaced who do not have insurance.

• Eight properties within the block of flats have been rendered uninhabitable.

• SFRS remains on scene.

• SFRS believes the building is at risk of collapse and have asked for a structural engineer, heras fencing and road closure.

• THC Roads have been contacted re: the road closure.

So it sounds like everything is in hand but if anyone has any issues then my contact details are Paul.Oldham.cllr@highland.gov.uk or 07901 287131 or, ideally, via WhatsApp using this link.

I’m also getting reports that tap water in Fishertown is running brown. This is quite common after a fire: pulling a lot of water fast stirs up the peat lying at the bottom of the pipes. Advice from Scottish Water when this last happened to us is that it's basically harmless but to just run the taps until they run clear ... which may take a while (I think we had kitchen and bath running for about half an hour!).