Emergency services in Co Down are searching for an elderly man, after a fire broke out at a farmhouse in Annaclone.

Three fire engines are at the scene and are likely to remain there for several hours.

They were called to the farm at Ballynafern Road at about 7:20am this morning.

Firefighters are still tackling the blaze.

The man who resides at the farmhouse is still unaccounted for.