More than 30 firefighters tackled a blaze at three houses currently under construction on Seaview Terrace in Joppa.
Emergency services were called to the scene just before midnight on Thursday.
No one was injured and the construction site remains cordoned off.
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said: “It was within three buildings under construction. We still have an appliance at the scene.”
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.
