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Shandon residents petition against irresponsible parking
Residents in Shandon are calling for a stop to dangerous parking after a serious fire last week that left four homes in Hazelbank Terrace...
Fire in Shandon today
A fire broke out early today in Hazelbank Terrace in a row of colonies in the Shandon area of the city. When The Reporter...
Fire Service and SEPA join forces
Lothian and Borders Fire & Rescue Service (LBFRS) is pleased to announce, in conjunction with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), the start of...
Playsafe for capital’s primary schoolchildren
A thousand primary one schoolchildren from 21 schools across Edinburgh are learning how to keep themselves safe during a four-day personal safety...
Fire in Drumbrae
A man suffered burns and smoke inhalation and three others including a seven year old child needed treatment after a fire broke out...
Sighthill Fire fifth in the capital this week
Six people including three children and an 18-month-old baby required medical attention after a kitchen fire in a flat in Broomhouse Gardens.
Fire crews from...
Fire in South Charlotte Street
The housing and homelessness charity, Shelter Scotland, has itself become temporarily homeless following a fire in the building where it has its offices today.
According...
Woman dies in fire in Granton
A 45-year-old woman has died after suffering serious burns in a severe fire at a flat in Edinburgh which broke out yesterday.
The...
Kitchen Fires warning by Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service
The Fire and Rescue Service is reminding people to take care whilst cooking after three kitchen fires led to casualties over the weekend.
On Saturday...
Fatal Fire in Edinburgh
Firefighters and police are at the scene of a fatal fire in Edinburgh this morning.
Emergency services were alerted to the fire in...
Fire damages Sighthill Sports Pavilion
Around twenty firefighters battled to extinguish a fire at a sports pavilion at Broomhouse Road in the Sighthill area of Edinburgh in...
Fire at Buckingham Terrace Monday morning
Some of the residents of Edinburgh's Buckingham Terrace got a rude wake-up call this morning. Four residents had to be rescued from their homes...
Should the law insist on silent fire alarms?
Twitter is a great medium for us newshounds. It can point us in the direction of good stories as well as good people to...
Man injured in flat fire
A 40-year-old man needed treatment for burns after a fire in the bathroom of his home in Edinburgh.
The alarm was raised at 4.40pm...
Dangerous Guttering in Dalry Road
by Thomas Haywood
Local residents yesterday said that it was a miracle that no-one was killed or injured in Dalry Road after cast iron guttering...
Road Safety Weekend
Pupils from Trinity Academy are helping Lothian and Borders Police and the City of Edinburgh Council launched the first ever road safety ...
Fire at Bridge Street in Colinton
Two women have been taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation after a fire in an Edinburgh flat. Another woman was treated at the...
Fire possibly caused by electric blanket
A fire in a three storey blocks of flats in Edinburgh, which led to three people being taken to hospital, may have been caused...
Get your car washed – by the Fire Service!
Looking for a stress free way to clean the family car? Here’s the chance to take the pressure off. On Saturday 2nd October...
8 rescued in flat fire
Eight people had to be rescued by firefighters after a large fire in an Edinburgh tenement in the Leith area of the city.
The fire...
Factory fire in Livingston
Around 70 firefighters and 12 fire appliances are at the scene of a major blaze at a printing factory in West Lothian.
Fire...
Double parking could cost lives
Fire chiefs have blasted inconsiderate motorists who forced firefighters attending a house fire in Edinburgh to abandon their fire appliances...
Weekend fire
Two men and a woman had to be led to safety by firefighters after a blaze took hold in a tenement flat in...
Suspicious Fire in Wester Hailes
Lothian and Borders Police are appealing for information following a suspicious fire in Edinburgh.
The incident happened around 6pm on Monday 30th August...
Kitchen fire
A 64-year old woman was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on Wednesday afternoon after a kitchen fire.
Crews were called to a house in Glenallan...
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