AN UPDATE has been provided following a fire at the former Dreghorn Primary School building.
There were no casualties following a blaze which took hold at the Main Street property around 6pm on Wednesday, March 4.
Three Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) appliances were sent to the scene after flames took hold on the ground floor of the derelict building.
Emergency services remained at the location for more than three hours before the blaze was extinguished.
A SFRS spokesperson said: “We were alerted at 5.55pm on Wednesday, March 4, to reports of a building fire at the old Dreghorn School, Main Street in Dreghorn.
“Operations Control mobilised three appliances to the scene and firefighters extinguished a fire on the ground floor of a derelict building.
“There were no casualties and crews left the scene around 9pm after ensuring the area was made safe.”
Police Scotland had no comment to add when approached on the matter.
The former Dreghorn Primary School was closed in 2012, making way for a new campus on the village's Dundonald Road.
The property was taken over by the Arran Brewery in 2014 - the most recent known owners - though the company has had little success operating from this base.
Vandalism has also proved to be a persistent problem over the past decade with the building targeted on numerous occasions.
This included a similar fire incident in the summer of 2022 which ultimately led to concerns being raised at a meeting of North Ayrshire Council.
At the time, elected members were informed that the owners were engaging with the council with a view to identifying "options for the repurposing and redevelopment of the building".
This was to include applying for grants to support a feasibility study being carried out.
However, it does not appear that anything further has come to fruition with the latest incident coming just months after the former school was listed as an "at risk historic building".
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