Watch as 'boy dragged away' from huge fire at Saughton Sports Complex this evening

A video appears to show a boy being dragged away from a large fire in an Edinburgh park this evening.

Two fire appliances – one each from Sighthill and Tollcross – were called to the running track at Saughton Sports Complex just before 7pm, where a number of rubber gym mats in a weather shelter were found alight. The fire was extinguished by 7:40pm.

Video footage, shared on social media, shows one person helping another away from the fire. It appears the person being carried away may have been injured.

Pictures show a huge plume of thick, black smoke billowing up from the shelter.

Police have since revealed that they believe the fire was started deliberately and are now following several lines of inquiry. A police spokesperson said: "Police enquiries are continuing into a fire in Saughton Park, Edinburgh on the evening of Monday 1 June, where a shelter and sporting equipment were set alight. The fire is being treated as wilful. "The fire has been extinguished and no one was injured. Officers are currently following a number of lines of enquiry."