A MAN was taken to hospital after being rescued from a severe fire in a flat bedroom.
Firefighters were called to the first-floor property in Portobello, Edinburgh, at around 5.20am yesterday.
A spokeswoman for Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue said six firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the flat and led two men to safety.
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