Man treated after cellar fire in Edinburgh

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a fire in a cellar yesterday that left a man needing treatment for smoke inhalation.

The fire broke out at a house in Corstorphine Hill Avenue in Edinburgh just after 8am.

An ambulance was requested for a 45-year-old man who was suffering from smoke inhalation, a fire service spokeswoman said.

After extinguishing the fire, firefighters vented the building.

A fire engine from Crewe Toll and two engines from Sighthill fire station were called to the scene.

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