Investigation ongoing after city centre fire

Over 30 firefighters tackled a major blaze at a seven-storey office block which started on the ground floor of the building in Thistle Street Lane next to St Andrew Square yesterday just after 10.30am.

Nine appliances from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) attended the incident along with the Scottish Ambulance Service Specialist Operations Response Team and officers from Police Scotland after receiving a 999 call.

Firefighters with breathing apparatus entered the building to bring the blaze under control as traffic restrictions were put in place at North and South St David Street.

A joint investigation by SFRS and Police Scotland has been launched to establish the cause of the blaze.

No-one was injured.