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Edinburgh Live
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Iona Young & Lee Dalgetty

Edinburgh firefighters battle huge city centre blaze with several roads closed

A huge blaze in Edinburgh's city centre broke out on Saturday evening.

Images from the scene show emergency services on South Bridge, as a number of fire engines tackle the fire. Edinburgh Live understands that both South Bridge and North Bridge were blocked off to traffic.

It is not yet known the extent of the fire, or if there have been any casualties.

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A spokesperson for the Scottish Fire and Rescue service said: "We were alerted at 6.29pm on June 3 of a flat fire at South Bridge. Operations control mobilised six pumping appliances to a fire in a first floor flat of a five storey building. Crews remain in attendance."

A resident who was at the scene said: "The whole of south bridge is closed and there are about eight fire engines plus dozens of police and ambulances."

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