FIREFIGHTERS are currently at the scene of a major fire at Hawick High School.
Smoke was seen coming from the roof of the canteen end of the building just after 14:45.
It is understood that a solar panel caught fire and police are not treating the fire as suspicious.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service described it as an ongoing incident.
Crews from Selkirk and Hawick are trying to stop the flames spreading.
The school was closed to pupils for the day due to the town's annual common riding celebrations.
A spokesperson for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: “We were alerted at 2.47pm on Friday June 10 to reports of a fire which had taken hold at Hawick High School on the town’s Buccleuch Road.
“Operations control mobilised two appliances and firefighters are presently working to contain and extinguish the fire. There are no casualties.”
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Officers were called to reports of a fire at a premises on Buccleuch Road, Hawick at around 3.05pm on Friday, 10 June, 2022.
“A solar panel caught fire and it was quickly extinguished.
“The building was evacuated and it is not being treated as suspicious.”
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