TWO FIREFIGHTERS INJURED AS CREWS BATTLE BLAZE FOR MORE THAN SEVEN HOURS

Two firefighters have been injured as crews continue to battle a blaze which broke out at a block of high-rise flats in Edinburgh. More than 70 firefighters remain at the scene on Breadalbane Street, Bonnington seven hours on after the alarm was raised shortly after 4am on Thursday morning. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service sent nine pumps and a height appliance to the scene as more than 100 residents were evacuated from the flat block.SFRS confirmed two firefighters have been injured while tackling the blaze, but did not require hospital treatment. Members of the public have been “strongly” urged to avoid the area as a police cordon has been put in place.Central Scotland MSP Graham Simpson was among those staying in the building at the time. “The fire alarm went off and people started evacuating and everybody got out,” he said.There is a fire in the fifth floor flat and flames were belching out of that flat, and it has then spread upwards to the sixth floor and the fire is still going on and smoke is belching out. I can still see flames, it appears to have spread to the stairwell.