{"id":666425,"date":"2026-01-01T08:09:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T08:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/666425\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T08:09:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T08:09:19","slug":"emergency-services-attend-fire-at-musselburgh-flats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/666425\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency services attend fire at Musselburgh flats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  An eyewitness told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastlothiancourier.com\/news\/25730387.emergency-services-attend-fire-musselburgh-flats\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">East Lothian Courier<\/a> that there was \u201cdefinitely a big fire\u201d in the Newbigging area of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastlothiancourier.com\/local-news\/musselburgh-news\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Musselburgh<\/a> with Pinkie Road and Inveresk Road closed off to pedestrian and vehicular traffic.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Several fire engines have been at the scene, with police also present and the area cordoned off.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/news\/25730216.dog-walker-hospitalised-violent-assault-robbery\/?ref=ed_latest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dog walker hospitalised after &#8216;violent&#8217; assault and robbery<\/strong><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The eyewitness said that four or five fire engines were on site and that emergency services had been there since about 2.15pm on Tuesday afternoon.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The incident is understood to be ongoing, with crews currently working at the scene.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  There is no word at this stage on any injuries or the cause of the incident.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesperson from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/topics\/police-scotland\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Police Scotland<\/a> said: &#8220;Newbigging in Musselburgh is closed at Pinkie Road and Inveresk Road, following a report of a fire at a property around 2.25pm on Tuesday, 30 December, 2025. Please avoid the area and use an alternative route.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/news\/25730307.five-scottish-nuns-accused-historical-abuse-towards-several-children\/?ref=ed_latest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Five Scottish nuns accused of historical abuse towards several children<\/strong><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenational.scot\/topics\/scottish-fire-rescue-service\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottish Fire and Rescue Service<\/a> spokesperson said: &#8220;We were alerted at around 2.16pm on Tuesday, 30 December to reports of a dwelling fire in Musselburgh.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Operations Control mobilised four appliances to the town&#8217;s Newbigging, where crews worked to extinguish the fire.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;One appliance remains on scene with firefighters working to make the area safe.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;There are no reported casualties.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An eyewitness told the East Lothian Courier that there was \u201cdefinitely a big fire\u201d in the Newbigging area&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-666425","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115818827756714088","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}