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Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Live
National
Jacob Farr

Number of Edinburgh casualties rises to 33 as rescue op at Leith Docks continues

The number of people injured after an emergency incident at Leith Docks has risen to 33, emergency services have confirmed.

The Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) confirmed 21 people have been transferred to hospital, 15 to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, four to the Western General Hospital and two to Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy. A further 12 were treated at the scene.

The RV Petrel ship tipped at an angle at the city docks on Wednesday morning, with the SAS confirming they received a call around 8:29am.

They said that they sent five ambulances, an air ambulance, three trauma teams, their special operations team (SORT), three paramedic response units (RPU) and one patient transport vehicle.

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