Firefighters battle fire for nine hours at Jimmy Savile’s former Glencoe cottage

FIREFIGHTERS have battled a fire at Jimmy Savile’s former Glencoe cottage overnight.

Crews spent almost nine hours getting the fire at a building at the cottage, Allt-na-Reigh, under control.

The disgraced broadcaster owned the cottage from 1998 until his death in 2011.

It has been confirmed a derelict shed, which acted as a triple garage near the cottage, was on fire.

Fire and police services were called to the fire between Tyndrum and Ballachulish Bridge at around 5.40pm on Saturday.

Before the road was closed, some passer-by's posted images on social media of the scene. The road reopened around 9pm, and firefighters stayed on the scene until 2am.

A police spokesperson said: “The A82 between Tyndrum and Ballachulish Bridge has reopened following a report of a fire at a property around 5.40pm on Saturday.

“Emergency services attended and the fire was extinguished by Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.

“Inquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances.”

In June 2024, councillors approved plans to demolish the cottage, and replace it with a new modern home. The owners have three years to begin the works.

The plans presented to the council stated the family wanted to honour one of the cottage's previous occupants, Dr Hamish MacInnes, a famous Scottish mountaineer and inventor.

Dr MacInnes, who died in 2020, was the inventor of the stretcher that is used by mountain rescue teams all over the world and ice axes.