A man is being assessed under the Mental Health Act after residents were evacuated from a block of flats in Durar Drive yesterday.
Police detained a man shortly after the incident, and officers have revealed that he is now being monitored by doctors.
A police spokesman said: “A male has been detained and is currently being assessed under the Mental Health Act in connection with a disturbance and a fire at a block of flats in Durar Drive, Edinburgh.”
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
