The roof of a block of homes in Leven has been destroyed in a fire.
Crews from across Fife spent more than two hours tackling the blaze on Saturday night.
Locals saw flames shooting from the building, which contains four houses.
An investigation into the fire is continuing with police still present outside the block on Sunday morning.
No one was hurt in the blaze.
One man, 55, who lives across the road, said: “I was alerted to a lot of folk standing in the street, I thought people were heading home and just chatting.
“Then I saw the fire in the roof – it was fairly small at that point at around 10.30pm.
“It was unbelievable to see how quickly it took hold.
“The smoke was belching from the roof.
Resident’s shock at Leven fire
“The fire kept flaring up – particularly in the right-hand corner near the front of the building.
“I saw the fire service helping a man out who was in his dressing gown.
“I think he was concerned one of his cats was still inside.
“I believe the fire service also put another ground-floor door in to check if anyone was inside.
“There were a few times it looked like it was under control and it kept flaring up.
“The roof space is destroyed – I’m shocked how quickly it went up.”
‘We alerted people in the block to get out their homes’
A 44-year-old woman, who has lived in the area for three years, said: “It was a very bad fire.
“Thankfully the fire service was here really quickly.
“Myself and other neighbours alerted those living in that block to get out of their homes.
“Thankfully everyone was OK and got out safely.”
An 81-year-old woman who lives nearby said it was “quite a shock” to have woken up to see the damage.
She said: “I wasn’t aware of it until this morning.
“It was quite a shock to see the damage. Thankfully people got out OK but they must have got a fright.
“These people have lost their homes now and I feel for them.”
A spokesman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: “We received a call at 10.25pm of a house fire on Letham Terrace, Leven.
“Appliances from Methil, Glenrothes, Kirkcaldy, and Dunfermline attended.
“Crews used a hose reel jet, main jet, and height appliance due to extinguish the fire in the roof.
“We received the stop message at 12.34am.”
Cause of Leven homes fire ‘unexplained’
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We were made aware of a fire at a house on Letham Terrace in Leven around 10.40pm on Saturday.
“The fire was extinguished by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and no one was injured.
“The cause of the fire is being treated as unexplained and inquiries are ongoing with the fire service.”.
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