Edinburgh firefighters rush to blaze on North Bridge

A fire which broke out on a historic bridge in Edinburgh has now been extinguished.

The blaze took place in a basement bin room at Royal Mile Mansions, on North Bridge.

A spokesperson for Scottish Fire and Rescue Service confirmed that a crew attended the scene at 12.07pm on Thursday, March 3.

It took the firefighters more than half an hour to tackle the blaze, which was extinguished at 12.39pm.

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