Fire crews have been dealing with incidents at two different addresses in Edinburgh this morning.
Emergency services have spent much of the morning battling flames at an address on Murrayburn Gardens in Wester Hailes and also at Redhall Drive in Longstone.
A number of ambulances were also in attendance at Murrayburn Gardens after a fire broke out at a flat earlier today.
Fire crews remain there working to make the area safe.
A spokesman said: “The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was alerted at 8.53am on Tuesday, July 2, to reports of a fire within a block of flats in Edinburgh.
“Operations control mobilised four appliances to Murrayburn Gardens where firefighters extinguished a fire within the drying room.
“Crews currently remain on scene and are working to make the area safe.”
There were not thought to be any serious injuries in the Redhall Drive blaze, which involved a semi-detached house.
Station Manager David Hepburn said: “The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was alerted at 8.03am on Tuesday, July 2, to reports of a fire at a house on Redhall Place, Edinburgh.
“Operations Control mobilised four appliances and a turntable ladder to the scene where firefighters extinguished the fire.
“No injuries have been reported.
“Crews are currently checking for further fire spread.”
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