Firefighter dies and another seriously injured in Edinburgh pub fire

A firefighter has died while tackling a blaze in an Edinburgh pub.

More than 20 people, including a baby, had to be rescued from the multi-storey tenement block above the Balmoral in Dalry Road.

Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue (LBFR) said the firefighter died after a floor collapsed on the basement bar.

Another firefighter was taken to the Royal Edinburgh Infirmary with non-life threatening injuries. The blaze broke out shortly after midnight.

The fire service was alerted at 12.38am and officers arrived to find a “severe” fire raging in the bar.

source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8146354.stm

The condolences of the Isle of Wight branch of the FBU goes to the family of the deceased and his injured colleague.

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