Crews spend hours fighting blaze at £850,000 home in Dalkeith

Firefighters spent almost three hours tackling a fire during the night at a home worth £850,000 in Dalkeith.
The fire at the former club house of Newbattle Golf Club.The fire at the former club house of Newbattle Golf Club.
The fire at the former club house of Newbattle Golf Club.

Crews were alerted to a roof fire at the historic building, which dates back to the 1680, at 11.15pm last night.

Three appliances from Dalkeith, Liberton and Newcraighall and a height appliance from Tollcross were in attendance at the former club house of Newbattle Golf Club.

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Three hose lines and a light portable pump were used to extinguish the fire, with crews fighting the flames until 1.55am today.

A cordon was put in place by the police while firefighters handled the blaze at the two-storey building, which has six bedrooms and five reception rooms, that is currently on the market for offers over £850,000.

No one was harmed from the incident.

A fire service spokeswoman said: “Crews dampened down the roof and checked for hotspots for a number of hours after the fire was put out.

“We don’t have a cause for the fire and we don’t know the extent of the damage done to the property.

“Our last appliance left the scene at 7.15am this morning.”

A police spokeswoman confirmed there were no criminal proceedings ongoing in relation to the incident.