If you have the ability, get foldable furniture and remove bedding during the day to ensure walkways are clear.

Some guests on higher floors tried to escape with their bedding and some jumped to their deaths.

BBC Scotland News understands bedding was discovered with porcupine quills in the straw.

Harvilicz said her hospitals can also treat pets with injuries and there is extra food and bedding for the animals that need them.

They should be given extra bedding for warmth and, if possible, moved to a more sheltered space or even brought inside.