Edinburgh locals captured the terrifying moment a fire tore through the iconic banana flats on Friday night.

Cables Wynd House saw a large fire break out around 10.50pm on June 6, with fire services battling the blaze for over eight hours.

Video footage shared with Edinburgh Live shows flames pouring from the windows of a flat near the top floor.

Some residents filmed from the ground while others captured the chaos from inside Cables Wynd flats across a courtyard. Smoke can be seen billowing into the air from the scene.

Police Scotland confirmed the flat was empty at the time and no one was hospitalised following the incident. All residents, bar two households, have been allowed to return to the building.

A message on Cables Wynd House's Facebook called the fire "heartbreaking" a

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