The fire that ripped through Pilton’s VA Tech Peebles Transformers Ltd factory on April 12, 1999 was the fiercest the capital had seen in years.
Huge explosions sent fireballs high into the sky with the thick columns of smoke visible for many miles around.
Hundreds of Pilton residents were evacuated from their homes as more than 80 firefighters battled bravely to prevent the fire spreading to other parts of the electronics plant, which locals knew as Parsons Peebles.
