Six Edinburgh homes were hit by flooding and the water supply to many other properties was disrupted after a water main burst early on Friday morning.

Scottish Water confirmed the 22-inch main at Orchardhead Loan, in the Liberton area, burst around 12.40am with a wide area hit by low pressure or complete loss of normal water supplies.

Crews from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service were called in to deal with flooding around Orchardhead Loan, while water engineers battled to restore services.

Debris was strewn all over the road after the burst damaged a number of properties.

A Scottish Water spokesman confirmed on Friday afternoon that its engineers had managed to restore normal water supplies to customers in some affected areas.

He said: "A burst occurred on a trunk water main in Orchardhead Loan in the Liberton area early this morning and affected normal supplies to some parts of the city, including the city centre, the Old Town, Canongate, Liberton, Prestonfield, Little France and The Inch.

"Scottish Water engineers worked to isolate the burst main and have been able to install backfeeds to bring water in from other parts of the network to help restore normal water supplies and water pressure to affected customers.

"When affected customers have normal supplies and pressure restored will depend on where their property is on our network.

"If any customers experience discoloured water when their normal supply is restored they should run the cold water tap in their kitchen until the water runs clear."

When the issue was at its peak, Scottish Water liaised with NHS Lothian to make sure that supplies to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary were not affected.

Mark McEwen, Scottish Water's customer service general manager, said: "We have had staff on site in Orchardhead Loan to assist customers in about six properties who have been affected by flooding and we will remain there for as long as is necessary.

"We fully appreciate the disruption and inconvenience flooding can cause and we can assure affected customers that we will do everything possible to help them following this incident."

The burst was linked to a valve on the network which manages water pressure throughout the city.

The incident came just ten days after another main burst in the Liberton area, disrupting properties around Edinburgh.