One person treated by paramedics after Edinburgh flat block blaze which closed roads
Two fire appliances remain at the scene
One person has been treated by ambulance staff after a blaze broke out in the top floor of a block of flats in Edinburgh on Monday morning.
Whitson Road in Balgreen and sections of the surrounding streets have been closed off after emergency services where called to the fire at around 10.45am this morning.
Three fire appliances and “a number of additional resources” were sent to the scene to extinguish the blaze.
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In an update just before 2pm, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said two appliances remained at the scene and one casualty had been treated by ambulance staff.
The spokesperson said: "We were alerted at 10.46am on Monday, 4 May, to reports of a dwelling fire on Whitson Road, Edinburgh.
"Operations Control mobilised three fire appliances and a number of specialist resources to extinguish a fire affecting a top floor flat.
"One casualty has been taken into the care of the Scottish Ambulance Service.
“Two appliances remain at the scene."
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