Twenty casualties after tenement fire

Twenty people were treated by paramedics and a woman was taken to hospital after a fire in a tenement building.

Four Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) appliances attended the incident on Gorgie Road, Edinburgh, just after 8.50am on Tuesday.

Police Scotland and the Scottish Ambulance Service were also in attendance.

A SFRS spokesman said: “Operations control mobilised four appliances to the city’s Gorgie Road, where firefighters were met by a fire within a three-storey tenement building.

“Crews helped lead three casualties to safety before passing them into the care of Scottish Ambulance Service personnel. A total of 20 casualties were in the care of paramedics. One casualty was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.

“Firefighters extinguished the fire and crews have now left the scene after ensuring the area was made safe.”

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We were called around 9.05am on Tuesday to a report of a fire at a block of flats on Gorgie Road, Edinburgh.

“Emergency services attended and a woman was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary with non-life threatening injuries.

“The block was evacuated while the fire was put out by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.

“Inquiries to establish the full circumstances are ongoing.”