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| Firefighters put out blaze at historic Edinburgh flats | |
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| Forty firefighters took more than seven hours to put out a blaze in a row of historic terraced houses in Edinburgh. | |
| The alarm was raised at 5:20 when fire broke out at a ground-floor flat in Hazelbank Terrace. | The alarm was raised at 5:20 when fire broke out at a ground-floor flat in Hazelbank Terrace. |
| The fire spread through neighbouring flats and into the roof. | |
| Firefighters said the narrow streets and historic nature of the colony buildings made it difficult to stop the spread of the fire, which was eventually extinguished at about 14:30. | |
| There are no reports of anyone being injured. | |
| Neighbouring properties had to be evacuated and roads had to be closed. | |
| A spokeswoman for Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service said: "By 8.30am firefighters reported that the fire would not be spreading to any further properties." | |
| Will Patterson, who lives nearby, told the BBC Scotland news website: "It was pretty frightening how quickly it spread. | Will Patterson, who lives nearby, told the BBC Scotland news website: "It was pretty frightening how quickly it spread. |
| "It's a shame for the residents of the flats, it must be an awful thing to happen to anyone." | "It's a shame for the residents of the flats, it must be an awful thing to happen to anyone." |