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| A firefighter has died while tackling a blaze in an Edinburgh pub. | A firefighter has died while tackling a blaze in an Edinburgh pub. |
| More than 20 people, including a baby, had to be rescued from the multi-storey tenement block above the Balmoral in Dalry Road. | More than 20 people, including a baby, had to be rescued from the multi-storey tenement block above the Balmoral in Dalry Road. |
| Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue (LBFR) said the firefighter died after a floor collapsed on the basement bar. | Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue (LBFR) said the firefighter died after a floor collapsed on the basement bar. |
| Another firefighter was taken to the Royal Edinburgh Infirmary with non-life threatening injuries. The blaze broke out shortly after midnight. | Another firefighter was taken to the Royal Edinburgh Infirmary with non-life threatening injuries. The blaze broke out shortly after midnight. |
| The fire service was alerted at 0038 BST and officers arrived to find a "severe" fire raging in the bar. | |
| LBFR's chief fire officer Brian Allaway said it was a very difficult fire to deal with. | LBFR's chief fire officer Brian Allaway said it was a very difficult fire to deal with. |
| "The flames were so fierce. It's been an absolute tragedy for us," he said. | "The flames were so fierce. It's been an absolute tragedy for us," he said. |
| "The thoughts of every single member of the service are with the families of the firefighter and our injured colleague," he added. | "The thoughts of every single member of the service are with the families of the firefighter and our injured colleague," he added. |
| He said there would be a full investigation into the incident. | He said there would be a full investigation into the incident. |
| Emily Davies, 28, and her boyfriend Andy Greenhalgh, 25, were asleep in bed when the fire broke out. | |
| About 70 firefighters were involved in tackling the fatal | |
| Emily said: "It was about 12 o'clock. Andy woke up because of all the noise with the fire engines. We looked outside and there was all this chaos in the street. We got up and when we went into the hall there was smoke coming under the door. | |
| "That's when we started to panic. We shut ourselves in the lounge and had to open the windows just to try to get some fresh air. | |
| "We were just hanging out the windows basically. The room was starting to fill up with smoke. It was pretty scary. The fire brigade had to get a ladder up to us and take us out the window. " | |
| Ms Davies, a student, said firefighters also rescued their 13-week-old puppy Alfie by taking him down a ladder. | |
| The building is still alight, with 16 appliances and around 70 firefighters at the scene. | |
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