Three people and a dog are understood to have died in a Perth hotel fire this morning, according to local reports.
Fire and ambulance crews were called to County Place in the Fair City at around 5am following reports of a blaze breaking out at the New County Hotel.
Roads have been cordoned off in the city centre to allow emergency services to tackle the blaze: Hospital Street, County Place, Leonard Street and New Row have been barricaded. It's been reported locally three people and a dog tragically died in the blaze.
