Kirkcaldy fire: police probe ‘deliberate’ house fire in Templehall

Fire crews tackled the blaze at a house in Templehall on Wednesday night – and police are treating the incident as wilful.

Emergency services attended the scene in Templehall Avenue around 7:45pm. Appliances from Kirkcaldy and Lochgelly were dispatched. There were no reports of i njuries.

A spokesperson for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: “We received a call at 7.46pm of a house fire in Kirkcaldy. We had three appliances at the scene – two from Kirkcaldy and one from Lochgelly. Firefighters used a hose reel jet to fight the blaze. The stop call came in at around 8.30pm.”

Police were also at the scene.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 7.55pm on Wednesday we were called to a report of a house fire in the Templehall area of Kirkcaldy. Officers are treating the fire as wilful and enquiries are ongoing.”