Firefighters are tackling a blaze in a three-storey building in Stirling.

The alarm was raised shortly after 6pm in Murray Place.

The fire broke out in flats above shops but there are no reports of any injuries.

A spokesman said: "The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was alerted at 6.15pm on Friday, February 16 to reports of a fire which had taken hold within a three storey building on Murray Place, Stirling.

"Operations control immediately mobilised a number of appliances to the scene and firefighters are currently tackling the flames."

Police Scotland said a number of road closures are in place in the city centre.