Fire crews had to evacuate 17 people after a blaze broke out at a flat in Edinburgh.

Six had to be given oxygen at the scene, before three of those were taken to hospital.

The blaze broke out at a ground-floor flat in Restalrig Crescent in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said it was called to the scene just before 3.20am.

A spokeswoman said: "We were alerted at 3.19am to a fire in a ground-floor flat at Restalrig Crescent in Edinburgh.

"Three appliances and a height appliance extinguished the fire using a high-power hose reel.

"Seventeen residents were evacuated and six casualties were given oxygen.

"Of those six, three were transferred to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary."