Family rescued in kitchen blaze

Mar 8 2013

Firefighters have led a family to safety after a blaze in a kitchen.

Crews were called to a fifth floor flat at Cables Wynd House in the Leith area of Edinburgh at 12.15am on Friday and found a pan of food alight.

A man, 29, a woman, 24, and two children, a girl, seven, and boy, three, were led to safety by firefighters, the fire service said.

They were treated for suspected smoke inhalation at the scene by the fire service and ambulance crews but did not travel to hospital.

A spokeswoman for Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service said: "A pan of food was alight within a fifth floor flat and was extinguished by removal and the property was vented.