Drone images show aftermath of devastating fire that burned down Ayrshire garden centre and cafe

Drone images showing the aftermath of a devastating blaze that burned down a garden centre and cafe in Ayrshire have been shared with STV News.

Emergency services were called to Hayes Garden Land in Bogend, Kilmarnock during the early hours of Monday morning.

Four appliances were sent by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to the scene on Tarbolton Road after 2am.

There were no casualties following the fire. @KB_Photos07 via Supplied

There were no casualties, but the centre’s owners confirmed the site, including its 130-seat cafe, had burned down.

The garden centre, a long-established family-run business, has roots going back more than 200 years.

The garden centre has roots going back more than 200 years. @KB_Photos07 via Supplied

A statement on social media read: “We regret to inform you that we will be closed for the foreseeable future – the Garden Centre & Cafe have burned down.”

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: “We were alerted at 2.16am on Monday, December 15 to reports of a fire within a garden centre building in Bogend, near Kilmarnock.