Emergency services raced to a huge fire on a Scots high street last night at a site where a £1m cannabis farm was previously discovered.
Fire crews battled the blaze in Kirkcaldy, Fife, for nearly nine hours after the alarm was raised at around 7.25pm on Tuesday, August 16. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service quickly scrambled nine appliances to the scene while officers attended and sealed off the area.
Pictures taken from the scene show several firefighters in attendance while a police car sits outside the derelict former WHSmith premises. Further images taken later on show a number of fire engines at the scene while smoke billows out the back of the building.
Fire crews were finally able to leave the scene at around 4.10am this morning after the area was made safe. It's understood the fire broke out in the former WHSmith store, which is the same empty building where a £1m cannabis farm was discovered in May.
Police were still at the scene carrying out enquiries this morning.
A spokesperson for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: “We were alerted at 7.26pm on Tuesday, 16 August to reports of a building fire at High Street, Kirkcaldy.
“Operations Control mobilised nine fire appliances and a high reach appliance to the incident where firefighters extinguished the fire. Crews left the scene at 4.11am on Wednesday, August 17 after ensuring the area was made safe.”
Police say their enquiries to establish the cause of the fire are ongoing and they are appealing for information.
Detective Inspector Samantha Davidson of Glenrothes CID said: “We are working to establish the full circumstances of this fire and would urge anyone with information which could help to come forward.
“We would also be keen to speak to anyone with dashcam footage or private CCTV.
“Anyone who can help is asked to call 101, quoting reference 2947 of August 16.”
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