Emergency services were called to Craigentinny Road near Leith after the alarm was raised at around 5.15pm on Monday.

A busy street in Edinburgh was sealed off while fire crews battled a blaze this evening.

Emergency services were called to Craigentinny Road near Leith after the alarm was raised at around 5.15pm on Monday. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service were responding to a call of smoke billowing from a property.

Four fire engines raced to the scene along with one high-reach appliance. Crews battled the blaze from the high reach appliance before successfully extinguishing the fire by 6.20pm.

Images from the scene, which were shared with Edinburgh Live, show the busy street at a halt with a police vehicle on site. Two Lothian buses can be seen amid the halted traffic behind fire appliances.

The cause of the fire is not currently known but there were no reported casualties. A spokesperson from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: “We received a call to Craigentinny Road around 5.17pm of reports of smoke issuing from a property. We dispatched four appliances and one high reach appliance.

“There was smoke issuing from the roof and our crews used the high reach appliance while extinguishing the fire. By 6.20pm the fire was extinguished and the last appliance left at 6.45pm. There were no casualties. The cause of the fire is not currently known.”

Police Scotland has been approached for comment. It comes after a huge fire burned down a business park in an unrelated incident in Inverness.

A probe is underway after a car was deliberately driven into the Fairways Leisure Park and torched. A Skoda Octavia was driven into a building at the business park shortly after midnight on Sunday.

The premises and car were then set alight causing significant damage. A man wearing dark clothing and a balaclava was spotted running away from the scene.

Police have launched a probe into the incident and say they are looking to speak to the occupants of a white pick up truck seen in the area at the time.

A significant emergency service response was dispatched to the scene. Six appliances were sent with crews battling the inferno from height to stop the flames spreading.

Fire crews battled until 3am to bring the fire under control. Police officers, ambulance crews and workers from SSE Electricity were also on scene for nearly three hours. There were no reports of any injuries, police have said.

The building is shared by a number of local businesses. It is understood a hair salon, bakery, travel agent and fishmongers are amongst those affected.

Photographs taken on Sunday morning revealed the level of devastation caused by the fire. A burnt-out silver motor could be seen hanging out of the front of the destroyed building.