In an update on Thursday morning, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) said 70 firefighters, 12 fire appliances and additional resources remain at the scene.
A firefighter has been injured and around 100 residents - including an MSP - have been evacuated from a block of flats after a fire broke out in the early hours of the morning. Around 70 firefighters continue to tackle the blaze in Breadalbane Street, Edinburgh. The alarm was raised at around 4.10am on Thursday. In an update at 8am, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said 70 firefighters, 12 fire appliances and additional resources remain at the scene.
'There is a fire in the fifth-floor flat and flames were belching out of that flat, and it has then spread upwards to the sixth floor and the fire is still going on and smoke is belching out. 'I can still see flames, it appears to have spread to the stairwell. 'People got out but it was very dramatic and still is.
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