Emergency crews have shut down a busy Edinburgh street amid an ongoing incident cutting off two major Capital roads.
Waterloo Place and Calton Road are on lockdown as crews from Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service respond to a callout.
Eyewitnesses told how personnel swarmed to the area shortly after 4pm on Monday, February 7.
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Access to the two streets - which connect to Princes Street and Waverley Station among other prominent locations - has been blocked off to both pedestrians and vehicular traffic.
Images from the scene show a cordon erected across both ends of the streets, with at least one fire appliance deployed.
Traffic is currently being diverted away from the area until further notice.
A spokesperson for the SFRS confirmed they were in attendance at the scene, but was unable to elaborate further on the circumstances surrounding the incident.
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A Police Scotland spokesperson said : "Officers are currently in attendance at Waterloo Place due to concern for a person.
"There are road closures in place."
