More than forty firefighters have been tackling a fire that broke out in a disused church in Edinburgh this evening (11 February).
Fire Control received multiple calls from the public at 16.49 on Monday afternoon reporting plumes of thick black smoke emanating from the vicinity of Lower London Road. Five fire appliances and supporting specialist vehicles were sent to the scene at the junction with Taylor Place.
They discovered the building well alight with fire through all floors of the building and breaking through the roof. Smoke could be seen for miles around.
Due to the fire engulfing the building firefighting operations were conducted from outside the church with two height platforms used as water towers to douse the flames.
Crews remain on site and are expected to be at the scene for several hours. There were no reported injuries and once firefighting is complete and it is safe to do so, fire investigation will take place.
Until that time we will not be able to determine the cause of the blaze.
Alan Taylor
Alan Taylor
Gail Gleeson
Gail Gleeson
Dave Kennedy
Dave Kennedy
Dave Kennedy
Dave Kennedy
what stations all turned out
Hi Steve
Not able to access that information at present, sorry.
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Great photos, it would be good to get the mobilisation details.
Hi John, might not be able to get that as working away from the office tomorrow. But will update if I get a chance.
is that the old church of scotland church at lower london road coner of where medowbank sport complex.s is on medowbank road
Hi Roy, not sure what denomination the church was when it was in use, or what its name was, sorry. But was at Lower London Road at the junction with Taylor Place.
many thanks and hope that lfar.lbp investgation dept find out the cause of the blaze such beautful bulding been desturide by fire
Fire investigation is underway. It’s very sad to see such damage to a beautiful building. The fortunate thing is that no one was injured or displaced as a result of the blaze.
any information of all appliances including ISUs ,MISUs ,TL ,AL ,FI etc that turned out
Steven will try and check for you tomorrow.
any news yet?
Sorry Steven been working out of service and not had a chance to check. Bit stretched at the moment in the run up to a single service.