An elderly couple have been pulled to safety as a blaze ripped through their flat.

Emergency services were called to West Bridge Street in Falkirk shortly after 8am on Tuesday.

Around 15 firefighters are battling the blaze, which happened in a kitchen.

Officers have closed the road.

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said: "An elderly woman and an elderly man were removed from the property.

"They are with the Scottish Ambulance Service.

"The fire was on a ground floor flat."