A Callander-based search and rescue team were drafted in to assist emergency services following a flat explosion in Alloa that claimed the life of a man.
Trossachs Search and Rescue (Trossachs SAR), based at Lagrannoch Industrial Estate, were called in to help after emergency crews scrambled to Kellie Place amid reports of the explosion at around 6pm on Sunday, October 6.
The group were called by Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to attend the major multi agency response.
A man, who was within the property where the explosion happened, was pronounced dead at the scene and formal identification has yet to take place.
Three people, a 72-year-old man, a 19-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman, were treated at Forth Valley Hospital.
A spokesperson for Trossachs SAR said: “One of our USAR dog teams were deployed to help the emergency services.
“Our thoughts are with everyone affected at this sad time.”
It remains unclear what caused the explosion at the property.
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Chief Inspector Kat Thompson, area commander, said: “Our enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances of what happened and we continue to work with partner agencies.
“Our thoughts are with the family of the man who has died and everyone affected in the local community.
“We would like to thank the local community for their co-operation and support and officers remain in the area.”
Residents living near the fatal flat explosion are set to face several days of disruption.
The area has been cordoned off as work continues to make the two-storey building safe and a small number of residents who were evacuated are unable to access their homes.
Ellen Forson, the leader of Clackmannanshire Council, said that initial investigations suggested the wider area was safe.
She said: “I think that local people should expect some disruption in the coming days, just to allow the investigation to take place and to make sure that nothing is disturbed that’s important.”
Rosie Adamson, who lives on Kellie Place, said she was terrified after hearing the horror sounds and ran to her window to see what was going on.
She said: “I heard the explosion, and then I immediately heard the emergency service sirens.
“By the time I’d run in there, the police and fire service and ambulances were all outside. They were so quick – I couldn’t fault how quick they were.
“My first thought was ‘please don’t let there be anybody in there.
“That’s all I could think about’.”
The area’s MSP Keith Brown said there was a “sense of shock” in the community.
He said: “I can’t see that particular street being used until it’s made completely safe, and that includes the future of the house that’s been the subject of the explosion.”