Scots dad grabbed terrified family and fled as fire ripped through building

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A Scots family fled their home in terror after a devastating fire broke out. The blaze ripped through a block of flats on Breadalbane Street in Edinburgh at around 4am on Wednesday, March 13.John and his wife Kayley Lake, who is currently six months pregnant, and their two-year-old-son Ben, were evacuated from their home along with around 100 more residents.Up to 70 firefighters, twelve fire appliances and a number of specialist resources were dispatched to the scene.

John told Edinburgh Live: "It was around 4am that the alarm went off, but we get false alarms in the building quite often."Usually the alarm stops and it did so we went back to bed."The secondary alarm went off about 30 minutes later.

I got up and looked out and saw a huge fire roaring up the side of the building. "We grabbed Ben and we left the building."Once the family made it to safety outside they watched as the fire spread, with parts of the building falling off.He continued: "We were cold and it was emotional, we weren't going to watch our home burn.

We got a taxi to my cousin's. The outpouring of support since has been mind-blowing."We're both full time workers and we have a good network of friends and family in Edinburgh, so we're really grateful for that."The couple currently don't know what damage the blaze has caused to their home or when they will be able to return.John added: "The emergency services were amazing. - the information that was coming and the help we were given at the scene.