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Edinburgh Live
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Indigo Stafford

Slateford Road A70 fire: Edinburgh emergency services race to tackle building blaze

Multiple fire appliances are currently tackling a blaze at the A70/Slateford Road.

Emergency call handlers received seven calls from Edinburgh locals after they saw smoke billowing from a building.

There are currently two fire appliances, one height appliance, and eleven firefighters battling the blaze, which is understood to be on the first floor of a derelict and unsecured building.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service received their first call about the incident at around 20.41 on Sunday, August 8.

A video shared on social media shows the area surrounded by smoke.

This is a breaking news incident, we will bring you more on this as we get it.

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