Midlothian crime: Police appeal after Danderhall property deliberately torched, causing damage

Police looking for witnesses following a fire in Midlothian, where a property was deliberately torched.
By Anna Bryan
Published 13th Oct 2022, 09:00 BST
Updated 13th Oct 2022, 15:07 BST
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The blaze occurred within a house on Edmonston Road in Danderhall, between 9.45pm and 10pm on Wednesday, October 5. Police believe that someone entered the property and set it alight, causing damage within.

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In a social media appeal, officers from the Midlothian Police Division appealed for witnesses, and asked: “Were you at or near Edmonston Road, Danderhall the evening of Wednesday 5th October 2022?”. They requested that locals check CCTV and dash cams in the surrounding area.

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Anyone who has any useful information that could help police should contact them by calling 101 and quoting incident 3768 05/10/2022.

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: "We were alerted at 10.19pm on Wednesday, 5 October to reports of smoke issuing from a property on Edmonstone Road, Danderhall.

"Operations Control mobilised two appliances and a height vehicle to extinguish a fire affecting a two-storey house.

"There were no reported casualties."