There was a small fire in the basement of the Travelodge on Queen Street this morning which was attended by five fire appliances, Police and ambulances.
Traffic was tailing back to York Place when The Edinburgh Reporter passed the scene.
Operations Control Edinburgh received the call just before 7:30am to attend a fire located in a lower ground floor bedroom in the hotel and immediately mobilised appliances from Tollcross, Sighthill and McDonald Road fire stations. The location and source of fire was subsequently identified within a ceiling mounted ventilation unit in the lower ground floor corridor.
A resident was reported unaccounted for and breathing apparatus crews entered to locate this person . It was subsequently found that this resident had left the building earlier.
All staff and residents were effectively and rapidly evacuated to safety by staff and firefighters entered the building wearing breathing apparatus and extinguished the fire.
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