Niddrie Mains Road is currently closed between Duddingston Road West and Duddingston Park South.
The public are being asked to avoid the area.
Operation Moonbeam resources are assisting local officers in the Niddrie area following reports of youths throwing fireworks at vehicles.
There are no reported injuries are enquiries are ongoing.
An eye witness from Niddrie Mains Road told the Edinburgh Reporter that a vehicle had been set on fire and that 15 police vans full of officers in riot gear were in the vicinity. Local people were on the streets watching the events.
A Police spokesperson said: “If you have information about planned criminal activity involving fireworks this evening, please contact us 101.
“ If you wish to report an ongoing crime then dial 999.”
Further reports suggested fireworks were being set off in the city centre.
Lothian Buses have confirmed that the service 400 has been withdrawn for the remainder of the day due to the disorder.
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.
