Firefighters work through the night to tackle Loanhead school blaze
Emergency services were called to Paradykes Primary School on Saturday night.
Last updated 5th Nov 2017
Firefighters worked through the night to tackle a blaze which engulfed an entire school in Loanhead.
Emergency services were called to Paradykes Primary School at 9.37pm on Saturday.
They found the building was well alight'' and had been alerted to a possible person trapped inside.
Appliances from Dalkeith, Liberton and Penicuik attended, using pumps and hoses to tackle the flames.
A Scottish Fire and Rescue spokeswoman said: They fought the fire externally as the building was fully involved.''
It was later confirmed there were no casualties and everyone had been accounted for.
Crews were still at the scene at 7am on Sunday to dampen down the area