A Newport couple had to flee their home after fire tore through the building in the early hours of Thursday.
Pam and Derek Nesbitt were woken by their smoke alarm just before 2am to discover smoke billowing out from the bathroom of their flat at 14 Tay Street.
They called Scottish Fire and Rescue who advised them to leave the property immediately.
After quickly grabbing some clothes and a mobile phone, the couple had to watch from the street as fire tore though the attic and roof of their home.
Fire crews arrived on the scene shortly after 2am.
Investigators are currently trying to discover what caused the blaze, which is believed to have started in one of the attic bedrooms.
It then spread into the roof of the building.
Firefighters trained hoses on the flames from the ground but had to request an aerial platform to fully extinguish the blaze.
It took two hours before the fire was fully put out.
Pam, 50, said: “We were woken by the smoke alarm about 1.55am and realised there was smoke escaping from the bathroom, so we thought the fire had started in there.
“We phone the fire brigade and they told us just to get out.
“They’ve been absolutely brilliant but the damage is pretty bad.
“The fire was on the attic floor so the bedrooms are damaged and the roof.”
She added: “Things can be replaced, people can’t.”
Pam and Derek, 60, are are staying with relatives nearby but will have to spend the festive season away from their home.
Derek said: “If things have not been damaged by the fire then they have water damage.”
Pam added: “We just don’t know when we can get back. We’ll have to deal with the insurers.”
Scottish Fire and Rescue watch manager Brian Hughes from Tayport fire station said: “A call came in at 2.04 to a report of a fire in the bathroom of the upper dwelling at 14 Tay Street.
“On arrival we discovered the fire had spread to the roof which was well alight.”
Eight firefighters wearing breathing apparatus also entered the building to tackle the fire.
Nobody was hurt in the incident but hte flat below has also suffered water damage.
Relief fire crews from Cupar and St Andrews arrived shortly after five am.
A fire investigation team from Livingston visited the site to try to determine what started the fire.
Tay Street was closed while fire crews attended the incident.
