Tranent caravan fire: Smoke seen from Prestonpans with police suspecting wilful fireraising

Police investigate Tranent fire

Smoke billowing from a caravan on fire in Tranent on Sunday evening could be seen in nearby Prestonpans, with police treating the incident as wilful fireraising.

Police and fire crews attended the incident on Edinburgh Road at around 6.30pm. Nobody was injured in the fire.

One eyewitness said: “Oh my. Hope everyone is ok. It looks like a big fire in Tranent. I can see it from Prestonpans.”

The incident occurred on Sunday evening at Edinburgh Road, Tranent.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Police received a report of a caravan on fire on Edinburgh Road in Tranent around 6.25pm on Sunday, 16 April, 2023.

“The fire was extinguished by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and no-one was injured. The fire is being treated as wilful and enquiries are ongoing.”

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: "We were alerted at 6.13pm on Sunday, April 16 to reports of a caravan fire in Tranent, East Lothian. Operations Control mobilised two fire appliances to the town's Edinburgh Road, where firefighters were met by a well-developed fire.

"Crews extinguished the fire and made the area safe before leaving the scene. There were no casualties."