Seventeen people evacuated after fire in Restalrig flat

Seventeen people had to be evacuated after a fire broke out at a ground-floor flat in Restalrig Crescent in the early hours of this morning.

Six were given oxygen at the scene, before three of those were taken to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.

A spokeswoman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: “We were alerted at 3.19am to a fire in a ground-floor flat at Restalrig Crescent in Edinburgh.

“Three appliances and a height appliance extinguished the fire using a high-power hose reel.

“Seventeen residents were evacuated and six casualties were given oxygen.

“Of those six, three were transferred to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.”