Hero firefighters are battling a severe blaze on an Edinburgh street during Sunday night.
Video and photos shared on social media show flames leeaping into the night sky from the roof of a building in the west of the capital.
Shocked families watched on as smoke billowed from the property in Longstone Road with fire crews shutting down the street and tackling flames with hoses.
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The scale of the fire also meant the high ladder appliance was scrambled to the scene by fire service bosses.
A member of the public is understood to have raised the alarm shortly before 9pm on Sunday with 999 call handlers inundated with more calls as news spread.
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said: "We got an initial call at 20:56 hours and are still in attendance. We have 4 appliances and a high reach there."
The fire is understood to have started in the empty former Jaflong restaurant building and the cause is not yet known.
Police officers also raced to the scene to help lockdown the road as firefighters continued to tackle the inferno.
Drivers heading along Longstone Road are being turned around as efforts to contain the fire continue.
Edinburgh Live will bring you more on this story when we have it.
