Fire - Rose Street, Edinburgh

Around 11.35am on Monday, 23 January, 2023, police attended to assist Scottish Fire and Rescue Service following a fire at a premises on Rose Street, Edinburgh.

The fire was extinguished and there is no wider risk to the public.

Five firefighters were taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for treatment. A police officer was also taken to the same hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation and later released.

Officers are still at the scene and the east end of Rose Street is closed between South St David Street and Rose Street Lane North. Two nearby business premises on Rose Street also remain closed.

Enquiries into the cause of the fire are ongoing.