A man has been taken to hospital following an early morning fire in a flat in Moray.

Emergency services were called to the property on Low Street in Buckie at 2am on Saturday.

A spokeswoman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said that 13 firefighters and two fire engines - from Cullen and Buckie - were sent to tackle the flames.

She said: "We were called at 2.02am and the stop message came in at 2.42am.

"There were two appliances at the scene.

"Firefighters entered the flat using breathing and a thermal camera and extinguished the fire using a hose reel.

"The fire was located in a ground floor residential flat. There was one male casualty who was taken to hospital.

"No cause has been identified at the moment but we are investigating."

The extent of the man's injuries are currently unknown.