One dead as fire rips through luxury 5-star hotel popular with top footballers leaving four others injured including child

Four others, including a child, were rushed to hospital following the blaze.

Visitors staying at Cameron House Hotel, near Balloch on Loch Lomondside, Scotland, evacuated the premises at around 6am.

Dozens of firefighters rushed to the plush hotel, which also houses a busy spa and restaurants, to rescue trapped residents Glasgow Live reports.

A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesperson confirmed four patients - three of whom, including a child, are believed to be from the same family - are being treated at Queen

Elizabeth University Hospital and the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley

"The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was alerted at 6:41am on Monday, December 18 to reports of a fire that had taken hold within Cameron House Hotel, Balloch," a spokesperson for the fire and rescue services said.

"Operations Control immediately mobilised four appliances and an aerial appliance to the scene."

The hotel is one of the loch's best known and iconic businesses, proving popular with Celtic and Rangers players over the decades and celebrities and public figures visiting or working in Scotland.

One guest posted footage on Twitter as the building was evacuated, which was then quickly taken down.

The same witness reported that smoke was pouring from three floors of the building.

Ambulances were also in attendance and traffic in the area has also been affected with delays on the roads surrounding the hotel and loch.

A spokesperson for Police Scotland: "We received a call to assist with fire crews after a fire was reported at Cameron House hotel on Loch Lomond around 6.45am.

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