A 45-year-old man was pulled unconscious from a house fire by firefighters in Muirhouse last night. The rescue took place at nine-storey Gunnet Court shortly before 6.30pm.
When firefighters arrived at the scene, they discovered a fire in the lower level living room of a two-storey maisonette. Fire crews wearing breathing apparatus entered the property and pulled the unconscious occupier to safety. The man was given oxygen at the scene for smoke inhalation before being passed into the care of ambulance crews and was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for treatment.
Six firefighters wearing breathing apparatus and using two main jets extinguished the blaze within the hour.
The cause of the fire is not yet known.