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Jacob Farr

Edinburgh fire service race to shoreline blaze with smoke seen from as far away as Fife

Concerned Edinburgh residents captured an image of black billowing smoke coming from a fire by the capital shoreline.

One resident snapped smoke pouring into the sky from several miles away.

The incident is understood to have taken place at around 11.35am around a residential/business area on Lower Granton Road.

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The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service confirm that the fire is still raging on and that they have two appliances at the blaze.

It is not known if there have been any injuries following the inferno.

One man took to Twitter to say that they could see the smoke from their home in Fife across the Firth of Forth.

A spokesperson for the SFRS said: “We can confirm that we are in attendance at an ongoing fire at Lower Granton Road.

“We received a call at 11.35am and two appliances are in attendance."

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