5-star alert at Rockstar North's Edinburgh HQ as emergency providers reply to 'structural harm' brought on by an exploding boiler
Seven Scottish Hearth and Rescue Service (SFRS) autos attended Rockstar North HQ in Edinburgh this morning, after an explosion rocked the constructing at round 5am native time. The fireplace crews spent round three hours securing the scene, with a cordon put in place across the constructing. No-one was injured in the course of the incident.
“We have been alerted at 5:02am on Monday, 19 January to attend an incident on Holyrood Highway, Edinburgh,” a SFRS spokesperson informed The Herald.
A Rockstar North spokesman stated that the explosion was all the way down to a “malfunction” in one of many constructing’s heating boilers.
“Many thanks to people who reached out with concern, and in addition to the police and fireplace crews who have been on scene rapidly to evaluate the scenario,” he stated. “Everyone seems to be nicely and our studio stays open and operational.”
Rockstar North is presently engaged on Grand Theft Auto 6, which is because of be launched on consoles in November following two delays. The studio has additionally not too long ago been embroiled in an argument over alleged union busting after firing 30 staff engaged on the sport, an ongoing dispute that even UK PM Keir Starmer described final month as “a deeply regarding case.”