{"id":273219,"date":"2025-07-18T23:02:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T23:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/273219\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T23:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T23:02:13","slug":"emergency-services-swarm-scene-of-ongoing-incident-in-edinburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/273219\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency services swarm scene of ongoing incident in Edinburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Images from the scene show a police cordon in place with uniformed officers standing guard.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_Screenshot-2025-07-18-at-222857.png\" alt=\"Gorgie Road, Edinburgh.\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Gorgie Road, Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A huge multi-agency <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/scottish-news\/my-husband-wanted-hire-hitman-35571838\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">response<\/a> has scrambled to an ongoing incident in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Police Scotland and the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/scottish-news\/stolen-car-crash-scots-road-35580730\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottish<\/a> Fire and Rescue Service are currently responding to an emergency on Gorgie Road in the west of the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It is understood Saughton Park and several roads have been closed to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/scottish-news\/my-husband-wanted-hire-hitman-35571838\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">traffic<\/a> with diversions in place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Fire engines are at the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/scottish-news\/stolen-car-crash-scots-road-35580730\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">scene<\/a> assisting police with specialist rope rescue and water teams working on the emergency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Scottish Fire and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/scottish-news\/my-husband-wanted-hire-hitman-35571838\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Rescue<\/a> Service confirmed two appliances and specialist teams including rope rescue teams and two water rescue teams are at the scene assisting Police Scotland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Images from the scene show a police cordon in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/scottish-news\/stolen-car-crash-scots-road-35580730\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">place<\/a> with uniformed officers standing guard. 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