An elderly woman has died after a house fire in Dundee.
Emergency services were called to a blaze at a house on Stewart Street in the city at around 3.30am on Thursday.
Police said the body of an 82-year-old woman was found inside the property.
Nearby residents were evacuated as the blaze was extinguished by firefighters.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 3.30am on Thursday, January 7, officers in Dundee received a report of a fire at a property on Stewart Street.
“Emergency services attended and the body of an 82-year-old woman was found within.
“Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal in due course.”
