Firefighters are in attendance at a fire in a ground floor flat in Ferry Road.
Emergency services were contacted at 9.06 this morning and raced to the scene.
Two people have been taken to hospital after being removed from the house.
A spokeswoman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: ” Three appliances and one height appliance involving 16 firefighters from Macdonald Road and Crewe Toll fire stations attended.
“Two persons were removed from the property by firefighters and have been taken to hospital.
“The cause of the fire is not known yet.”
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
