Edinburgh crews battle morning fire where 'whole house was alight'

Fire crews were called to battle a blaze at a semi-detached house in the Longstone area of Edinburgh in which 'the whole house was alight'.

The whole house was alight on Redhall Place. PIC: Rab Marnell

Four appliances were sent to the two-story property on Redhall Place after reports of a house fire at 8.03am this morning (Tuesday).

One eyewitness told the Evening News that police closed the road while fire crews battled the blaze.

The whole house was alight on Redhall Place. PIC: Rab Marnell

A spokesperson for Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: "We were called to reports of a fire in a property at 8.03 am on Tuesday, July 2.

"When we arrived we found a whole semi-detached house alight.

"Four appliances and a height appliance responded attended the scene where breathing apparatus, a hose rail and a turntable ladder were used.

"The fire is now extinguished but we are still at the scene checking the roof space for fire spread."

No-one is believed to have been injured in the fire.

Crews were also called to Murrayburn Gardens in the Wester Hailes area of Edinburgh this morning where a fire had started in the drying room of a four-story block of flats.

Three pumping appliances and one height appliances were sent to the scene.