Fire breaks out in Edinburgh Wetherspoon pub after discarded cigarette end 'slips through road tile into cellar'

A fire broke out today in a city centre Wetherspoon pub after a discarded cigarette end from outside slipped through a road tile into the cellar.

Three fire engines and a height appliance were called to the Caley Picture House in Lothian Road, shortly before 4:30pm.

Wetherspoon spokesman Eddie Gershon said: “The fire brigade attended after an alarm went off in the pub.

“The cellar was filled with smoke as a result of someone outside throwing a cigarette end away.

Fire crews outside the Caley Picture House. Pic: Katelyn Jane Scott.

“The cigarette end went through a tile on the road into the cellar.

“The pub was evacuated for 40 minutes. The pub has now reopened.

“We are grateful to the fire brigade for their swift response to this incident.”

The spokesman confirmed that the cigarette end fell through a gap between the cellar and a road tile outside, and that they will be filling the gap as soon as possible.

A fire service spokeswoman confirmed that the fire is not being treated as suspicious.

The spokeswoman said that no one was hurt as a result of the fire and the last appliance left the scene just after 5:20pm.

The Caley Picture House is a former cinema in Lothian Road which now houses a Wetherspoon pub.