Emergency services attended a localised fire within a docked oil rig in Dundee on Friday morning.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the RNLI attended the fire on the Valaris 72 jackup rig just before 2am.
The fire service confirmed four appliances were in attendance during the incident.
There were no reported casualties.
Fire Service call a ‘precautionary measure’
Owners of the Port of Dundee, Forth Port said the call was precautionary and the incident was dealt with by the time emergency services arrived.
A spokesperson for Forth Ports said: “As a precautionary measure, Scottish Fire and Rescue were called to an incident at the Valaris 72, currently berthed at the Port of Dundee, early this morning.
“This was a localised incident which was dealt with prior to their arrival.”
A spokesperson for the fire service said: “We received a call at 1.47am to a fire within one of the rigs at Dundee docks.
“We had four appliances, including a height appliance, from Kingsway, Blackness and Macalpine Road.
“The stop call came in at 3.51am.
“There are no casualties.”
A UK Coastguard spokesperson said: “The RNLI Broughty Ferry attended a fire at a Valaris jack-up rig in Dundee.
“There were no injuries and all the workers aboard the rig were mustered and safe.
“We were there to support the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and tasked the lifeboats to support them.
“Dundee, St Andrews and Arbroath rescue teams were also in attendance.”
Valaris has been approached for comment.
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