Emergency services sent to fire at north-east castle By Chris Jaffray January 30, 2018, 12:33 pm [[title]] [[text]] An error occurred. Please try again. [[success]] Email address Sign up Emergency services have been in attendance at a north-east castle this morning. The call came in shortly after 10am from the Craigivar Castle in Alford following reports a blaze had emerged. The fire service sent four units to the scene from Banchory, Alford and Aboyne. A fire service spokesman said: “We found a fire had emerged on our arrival. “The stop message came back at 11.20pm.” More to follow. Already a subscriber? Sign in [[title]] [[text]] Close More from the Press and Journal Neighbours shocked after resident dies in ‘tragic’ house fire in Inverurie Man, 25, arrested after van goes on fire in A95 crash Scots waiting longer for 999 fire callouts, Tories say Inverness couple rescued best friend, kitten and hamster from burning blaze caused by phone charger fire