Fire crews tackle blaze in first-floor city flat

Firefighters are battling a blaze in a flat at Albert Street in Edinburgh.

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said crews from four appliances and one height appliance are at the fire in a first-floor flat in Albert Street, north of the city centre.

The spokesperson said multiple calls were received at about 1.30pm and two casualties have been reported, who were treated on site and later discharged.

A spokesperson for the Scottish Ambulance Service said on Friday: “We received a call at 14:02 hours today to attend an incident on Albert Street in Edinburgh, with our first resource arriving on scene within five minutes.

“We dispatched our special operations team at the scene. We treated and discharged two patients at the scene.”

It is understood Police Scotland are also in attendance.