Fire Destroys Part of Edinburgh's Old Town

World | December 8, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

A fierce fire destroyed part of Edinburgh's historic Old Town, leaving one fire-fighter injured and forcing 150 people to be evacuated. It took fire-fighters nearly five hours to bring the fire under control after it ripped through a row of buildings eight storeys high in places. The cost of the fire just off the Cowgate area of the city, an area designated a United Nations World Heritage Site, is being put at millions of pounds.

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