A man has been arrested and charged after a fire in a high-rise block of flats in Edinburgh.

The blaze broke out in a fourth-floor flat in Muirhouse on Wednesday evening.

Firefighters were called to the blaze at Fidra Court on Pennywell Medway just before 10pm.

A cordon was put in place around the 15-floor building by Police Scotland while crews tackled the blaze.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said no one needed to be evacuated.

Police said a 51-year old man has now been arrested and charged in connection with the incident.

A force spokesman said: "A man has been arrested after a fire took hold within a fourth-floor flat in Muirhouse on Wednesday night.

"No one was injured in the incident and a 51-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with this matter."

The man is expected to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday.