Body found after farmhouse fire

Fire crews were called to the incident at 0400 GMT

A man has died and five people were taken to hospital after a fire broke out at a farmhouse in Fife.

Fire crews were called to the property in Cluny, near Cardenden, at 0400 GMT. Two of those rescued were children.

The injured people, who were suffering from smoke inhalation, were taken to hospitals in Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline.

Efforts to find the dead man were hampered by the roof collapsing but his body was eventually found in the house by firefighters.

Ch Supt Martin Birrell of Fife Constabulary said: "We are still in the process of identifying the body and are working with Fife Fire and Rescue Service to identify the cause of the fire."

Crews searching for the dead man were forced to withdraw from the single storey detached farmhouse when the roof began to collapse shortly before 0700 GMT.

Stable condition

Firefighters were later able to re-enter the detached property and resume their search for the man.

The two children in the house at the time of blaze were taken to the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, but later transferred to the Sick Children's Hospital in Edinburgh.

An NHS Fife spokeswoman said they were in a "satisfactory" condition.

The surviving adults are being treated at the Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline.

The spokeswoman said one was in a stable condition and the other was comfortable. The condition of the third adult is not known.