4 days ago
Edinburgh firefighters rush to blaze on busy street as major response scrambled
Around 12 firefighters are tackling a blaze on a busy Edinburgh street.
Three Scottish Fire and Rescue Service appliances have been spotted on Bruntsfield Place after the alarm was raised at 4.20pm.
Images from the scene show two pump appliances and a height vehicle parked at the side of the road with firefighters assembling equipment and hose reels.
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They can also be seen standing on the pavement outside Thai Lemongrass restaurant, although it is unknown if the blaze has originated from a residential dwelling or commercial business on the street.
Lothian Buses has since issued a service alert as the road has been closed off. They wrote: "Due to a road closure services are unable to serve Bruntsfield Place and instead will divert via Gilmore Place, Polwarth Gardens, Polwarth Terrace and Colinton Road in both directions until further notice."
An eye witness passing the scene told Edinburgh Live: "We saw the fire engines go speeding past us from Tollcross and when we walked towards Bruntsfield Links they were getting the hoses out.
"I couldn't really see smoke but it looked like they had already started spraying water as it was running down the hill."
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