Around 30 firefighters spent over seven hours tackling a huge blaze at Badabing Italian Restaurant in Fountainbridge which started shortly after 2am this morning.
The restaurant was empty at the time and an investigation is underway to establish the cause.
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said: “We were alerted at 2.10am to reports of a building fire in Edinburgh.
“Operations control mobilised a number of appliances and 30 firefighters were called to tackle the fire.
“We don’t know exactly where the fire started but it was in the bar and restaurant.
“It doesn’t look like any other properties were affected.”
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.
