A woman is in a critical condition following a living room fire in a Granton Mains flat yesterday.
Emergency services were called to Granton Mains East at about 5:45am.
Crews from Crewe Toll and McDonald Road wearing breathing apparatus rescued the woman from the blazing property. She received emergency first aid at the scene until ambulance crews arrived and took her to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service are investigating the cause of the fire.
Local firefighters had earlier tackled a chip pan fire in a top floor flat in Great Michael Rise, Newhaven. The incident happened at around 1am. One man was in the flat at the time but he did not require medical treatment.
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