Multi-agency response to “False alarm” at Edinburgh University building

All three emergency services today rushed to Edinburgh University building on the city’s George Square

Shortly before Mid-day there were reports of an explosion within of the laboratories within the university

A full-scale emergency response taken place, soon as Police arrived they immediately closed off the street

Lisa Smith a nearby worker said

” The building was evacuated very quickly and I heard people talking about a loud explosion within the lab”

A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service Said

” We received a call from the Fire Service to attend an incident at the university building, our Special Operation Response Team attended along with an ambulance”

” Our crews did not treat anyone and nobody needed to be transferred to hospital”

The incident was quickly stood down and everyone was allowed to return to the building

Fire service described it as “false alarm”

Live Edinburgh News understands the alarm was caused by a fault within the extraction system and no actual explosion taken place