Police investigating a deliberate fire at Gorgie City Farm have arrested a teenager. 

The 14-year-old boy has been charged with wilful fireraising . 

Emergency services were called to the scene shortly after 6.25pm on Wednesday, 24 July, 2024.  

No one was injured and officers say that their enquiries remain ongoing. 

A Police spokesperson said: “A 14-year-old male youth has been arrested and charged in connection with wilful fireraising in Edinburgh. 

“The incident happened at a stable at Gorgie City Farm, off Gorgie Road, in Edinburgh shortly after 6.25pm on Wednesday, 24 July, 2024.  

“No one was injured.  

“Enquiries remain ongoing.” 

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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.