THE FUNERAL for a hero fire-fighter killed tackling a pub blaze as he helped save 20 people from a burning tenement building is to be held at Edinburgh’s historic St Giles Cathedral.
Ewan Williamson, 35, died after a floor collapsed as he and colleague Oliver Carrigan entered the burning Balmoral Bar in Edinburgh last Sunday morning.
Mr Williamson died at the scene and his partner was taken to the city’s Royal Infirmary suffering from severe smoke inhalation.
Yesterday it was confirmed the hero’s funeral will be preceded by a dignified procession through the capital’s streets to allow the public to pay their last respects.
Police are to close off the route to traffic including the Royal Mile and George IV Bridge and crowd safety barriers erected with thousands of people from all walks of life expected to turn out to pay their respects.
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