A man has been arrested and charged following a fire at a fourth-floor flat in Fidra Court on Pennywell Medway just before 10:00pm last night.

Police officers placed a cordon around the 15-floor block as firefighters tackled the blaze.

No-one required to be evacuated, and no-one was injured.

A 51-year old man has now been arrested and charged in connection with the incident.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: “A man has been arrested after a fire took hold within a fourth-floor flat in Muirhouse on Wednesday night.

“No one was injured in the incident and a 51-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with this matter.”

The man is expected to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday.

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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.