Onlookers took retired their phones to movie the inferno
- Published: 19:52, 8 Feb 2025
JIMMY Savile's Scottish lair has gone up successful flames arsenic exigency services contention to the scene.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was alerted to the blaze successful Glencoe conscionable aft 5.30pm.
A spokesperson said: "We were called astatine 17:36 and person 3 pumps successful attendance."
Flames tin beryllium seen ripping done the beast's house arsenic onlookers whipped retired their phones to video the inferno.
Cops person locked down the roadworthy and are urging radical to debar the area.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "The A82 is closed successful some directions betwixt Tyndrum and Ballachulish Bridge pursuing a study of a fire astatine a property astir 5.40pm connected Saturday, 8 February, 2025.
"Emergency services are successful attendance and drivers are asked to debar the area."
The paedophile DJ’s erstwhile cottage Allt-na-Reigh has go a morbid tourer attraction for thousands of walkers and selfie-takers visiting the famed spot.
But it is astatine the centre of health and safety fears arsenic the doors and windows person been smashed oregon torn off, meaning anyone tin rotation in.
The interior is awash with broken glass arsenic good arsenic debris from smashed-down walls and roofing.
Rubbish lies everyplace portion graffiti takes purpose astatine ex-BBC Top of the Pops big Savile, 1 of the UK’s astir prolific intersexual predators.
The Jim’ll Fix It monster owned the property from 1998 until his death aged 84 successful 2011.
Since then, it has fallen into disrepair but has been bought by retail tycoon Harris Aslam.
The businessman wants to sound it down and physique a modernist three-bedroom villa successful its place.
His archetypal proposals prompted hundreds of complaints and were withdrawn successful November.
But revised plans — tweaked again past week and being considered by Highland Council — proceed to punctual objections that it is retired of keeping with the area.