Resident dies after ‘suspicious’ fire at flat
A resident has died after a fire in a flat, which police are treating as suspicious.
Emergency services were called to the property in St Catherine’s Square in Perth at around 9.45pm on Sunday.
Two appliances attended the incident, with a spokesman for the force describing the blaze as “substantial”.
People were evacuated from the building and one person was treated by paramedics at the scene, but died.
A Police Scotland spokesman said inquiries are ongoing.