Three in hospital after flat blaze forces 17 to flee
Fire started at property in Edinburgh in the early hours of Saturday morning.
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."