Firefighters in Edinburgh rushed to the scene of a blaze in Oxgangs last night – with residents evacuated from a block of flats.
Emergency services were called to the scene at a four-storey block of flats in Firrhill Park shortly after 9:30pm on Tuesday evening (14 May).
Four fire appliances were dispatched to the scene with fire crews from Sighthill, Crewe Toll, Tollcross and Liberton called in to tackle the blaze.
A spokeswoman said: “The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was alerted at 9.34pm on Tuesday, May 14 to reports of a fire in a block of flats in Edinburgh.
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“Operations Control mobilised four fire appliances and a height appliance to Firrhill Park where firefighters extinguished the fire within what has now been confirmed as an internal wall of the timber framed building and not within the building cladding.
“There were no casualties and residents were safely evacuated and passed into the care of The Red Cross.
“Crews left the scene at 3am and returned this morning, Wednesday, May 15 to carry out a further check to ensure the area was made safe.”
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