Moredun Dykes Road: Police and firefighters called to Edinburgh garage blaze after early hours reports of house fire

Emergency services tackled a double-garage fire in the early hours of Friday on Moredun Dykes Road in Edinburgh.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service received a report of a house fire at just after 2.30am but when crews arrived on the scene they reassessed it as a double-garage fire.

No injuries were reported and Police Scotland has said that enquiries into the incident are ongoing.

A spokesperson for the SFRS said: "We received an initial report of a house fire on Moredun Dykes Road in Edinburgh at 2.41am on Friday, June 25.

"We had three appliances in attendance along with a height appliance.

"We extinguished the fire and there are no reports of any casualties.

"Our last appliances left the scene at 5.30am today, we are no longer in attendance."

Emergency services tackled a double-garage fire in the early hours of Friday on Moredun Park Road in Edinburgh.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Officers attended at Moredun Dykes Road in Edinburgh at around 3.35am on Friday, June 25, 2021 following reports of a fire at a double garage.

"Enquiries are ongoing."

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