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| Three firefighters were treated for minor injuries after a blaze in the same street where fireman Ewan Williamson lost his life last week. | Three firefighters were treated for minor injuries after a blaze in the same street where fireman Ewan Williamson lost his life last week. |
| The firefighters had been called to a British Heart Foundation charity shop in Dalry Road, Edinburgh, at about 0400 BST. | |
| They were released from hospital after being treated for smoke inhalation and bumps and bruises. | They were released from hospital after being treated for smoke inhalation and bumps and bruises. |
| Mr Williamson died in a blaze at the Balmoral bar on Dalry Road on 12 July. | |
| Sixty firefighters were on hand to tackle the flames at the height of the British Heart Foundation electrical shop blaze, with seven pumps and three support vehicles also despatched, a spokeswoman for Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue said. | |
| We want to speak to a man and a woman who were seen walking together towards Gorgie from Dalry at around 4am this morning Lothian and Borders Police spokesman | |
| She described the incident as a "massive fire". | |
| The cause of the fire has yet to be established, but police are appealing for anyone who was in the vicinity of Dalry Road at the time to contact them. | |
| A police spokesman said: "We are looking to speak to anyone with information that can help our inquiries. | |
| "In particular, we want to speak to a man and a woman who were seen walking together towards Gorgie from Dalry at around 4am this morning, as they may have information that can assist us. | |
| "We would appeal for them to come forward as soon as possible, and we would also appeal for anyone else who has information that can help us to get in touch." | |
| Public ceremony | |
| Mr Williamson, 35, was killed and one of his colleagues injured after a floor inside the Balmoral collapsed in the early hours of last Sunday. | |
| His funeral service is to take place on Wednesday, with up to 700 mourners set to be at a public ceremony in St Giles Cathedral on the capital's historic Royal Mile. | |
| The coffin will be carried on a fire engine from Mr Williamson's Tollcross fire station base through the heart of the city and up to the cathedral. | |
| Firefighters from Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue will line the route, with firefighters from Green Watch, Tollcross, acting as a Guard of Honour. |