FIVE people have been taken to hospital following a fire in an Edinburgh tenement.
Four fire engines and a high reach appliance went to the scene at a four-storey tenement in Leith Walk when the alarm was raised at 2.35am on Wednesday.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) said five casualties suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation were transferred to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
Three people were given precautionary checks at the scene by ambulance crews and a dog rescued from the building was given oxygen by firefighters.
The last fire crews left the scene just before 6am.
