Residents evacuated after armed police surround flat in siege

Armed police have surrounded the area after a man barricaded himself in a flat for a number of hours.

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Residents have been evacuated from their homes after armed police surrounded a Fife home in a siege.

Police were called to the property on Mina Crescent, Kinglassie around 7.35am on Saturday morning.

A man has barricaded himself inside a flat on the street for a number of hours, which has been surrounded by armed police.

As a precaution, neighbours have been evacuated from their homes. 

However police said there was no risk to the wider public. 

A police spokesperson said: “Officers are currently at a property in Mina Crescent, Kinglassie, after a man barricaded himself within. 

“Police were called around 7.35am this morning.

“There is no risk to the wider public, however a number of residents in the same block of flats have been evacuated as a precaution.”