A young man is being treated in hospital after a blaze in a second-floor flat.
Crews were called to the kitchen fire in Hawick, in the Borders.
A spokeswoman for Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service said it was "well alight" on their arrival, and firefighters issued survival guidance to residents.
A 20-year-old man was taken to Borders General Hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation and burns to his hands.
