HEALTH and safety officials have been alerted after scaffolding fell on to a busy street in the centre of Helensburgh.

Police and firefighters were called to the incident in West King Street at 9.15am on Friday.

No-one was injured as a result of the incident but four cars parked at the location were damaged as a result.

The scaffolding was being repositioned at the time and had become unstable and toppled over.

A police spokesman said: "The Health and Safety Executive have been made aware of the incident."