Firefighters have spent the day tackling a large blaze in the roof of Lanark Road Nursery in Colinton which started just after 7am this morning.
A section of Lanark Road was cordoned off and substantial damage has been caused to the building. Police Scotland advised motorists to avoid the area.
A turntable ladder poured water from above in a bid to extinguish the flames in the three-storey building.
There were no reported casualties.
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: “We were alerted at 07:19 on Wednesday to reports of a building fire on Lanark Road, Edinburgh.
“Operations control mobilised six appliances and a height vehicle to the scene to extinguish a well-developed fire affecting the roof space of a three-storey building.
“There are no reported casualties at this time.”
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.
