Woman is treated in hospital after blaze breaks out in rural home

Blaze: The alarm was raised at 3.50am on Monday.© STV

A woman has been taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation following a fire in Aberdeenshire.

Emergency crews were called to a residential property on the B9031 at the junction with the A98 and Dubford Crossroads at 3.50am on Monday.

A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesman said the woman was taken to Chalmers Hospital in Banff.

Diversions were in place and motorists travelling in the area were warned to expect delays.

A Grampian Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said an investigation into the blaze would be carried out later today.

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