Fire crews battle hay bale fire near Alness for eight hours overnight

Fire crews worked through the night to extinguish a blaze that engulfed about 350 hay bales near Alness.

Crews from Invergordon responded to reports of the fire at around 12.30am on Saturday.

One appliance was sent to the scene, but another was soon called in to help.

They battled the blaze for around eight hours, with the stop message finally coming back just before 9am on Saturday.

Invergordon Fire Station said on social media that crews worked with a farmer with a digger to put out the flames.