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Edinburgh Live
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Jacob Farr

Edinburgh firefighters race to tackle ongoing fire in high rise flats

A concerned resident has captured the moment that brave Edinburgh firefighters attended a blaze at a block of high rise flats in the south east of the city.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) confirmed that they had four pumps and one high reach appliance at the scene.

They say that they were called to the incident at around 12.26pm after it was reported to them that a fire had broken out in a kitchen.

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The fire appears to have broken out several floors up in one of the high rise buildings just off of Craigour Place that sit just behind Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary at Little France.

SFRS say that they are still on site tackling the fire and it is not known if the building has been completely evacuated.

In a video shared with Edinburgh Live black and grey smoke can be seen billowing out of an open kitchen window as firefighters stand at the foot of the block.

A spokesperson for the SFRS said: "We were called to respond to an incident of a kitchen fire on Craigour Place at around 12.26pm.

"Four pumps and one high reach appliance are in attendance and it is an active incident."

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