Fire crews tackle Christmas Eve blaze in kitchen of a flat

Three fire engines including a height appliance were called to the scene at 7.08pm.

Fire crews tackle Christmas Eve blaze in kitchen of an Edinburgh flat on city’s Leith Street iStock

Fire crews were called to a blaze in a flat in Edinburgh’s city centre on Christmas Eve.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) confirmed that a call was received shortly after 7pm to a fire in a flat kitchen on Leith Street.

Three fire engines including a height appliance were called to the scene at 7.08pm.

Crews ventilated the property and extinguished the fire shortly before 7.30pm.

An SFRS spokeswoman said: “We attended a fire in a dwelling in a kitchen at 7.08pm.

“Three appliances including a height appliance attended and ventilated the property and the fire was extinguished at 7.29pm.”