A four-week-old baby girl was treated by ambulance crews at the scene of a fire in Drylaw.
Medics were called in over concerns for the child’s breathing because of large amounts of smoke caused by the blaze on Tuesday evening.
Fifteen firefighters were called to the scene at Wester Drylaw Drive at around 6.30pm after reports a wheelie bin was alight in a stairwell.
Four crew members wearing breathing apparatus put out the flames.
Emergency crews checked over the baby as a precaution but she did not require hospital treatment.
No one else was injured during the alarm.
Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service said the cause of the blaze was still under investigation.
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