Firefighters remain in attendance more than 15 hours after a blaze took hold at the former Kitty’s nightclub in Kirkcaldy.
Crews were mobilised to Hunter Street, shortly before 3pm on Sunday, as smoke began belching from the venue.
The roof of the club has been destroyed, and the spire that sat above the corner of the building has collapsed.
A cordon was erected around the former night-time haunt after the latest blaze at the location.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service sent eight appliances to the scene.
Police Scotland advised local residents to keep windows and doors closed as local road closures have been put in place.
On Monday morning Wemyssfield was still closed and the Town Square remained sealed off.
A spokesman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: “We were alerted at 2.46pm on Sunday, 3 September to reports of a building fire on Hunter Street, Kirkcaldy.
“Operations control mobilised six appliances and two height appliances to the scene.
“As of Monday, 4 September at 8.35am, there is one appliance and one height appliance still in attendance.
“There are no reported casualties.”
Third fire at Kitty’s this year
This is the third fire to have taken place at the former nightclub this year.
In March, six crews were called to the building on Hunter Street, and last month there was another fire that required two appliances to extinguish.
The building has remained vacant since Kitty’s closed as a nightclub in 2019.
In December last year, plans by Hunter Street Properties Ltd to turn the building into flats were approved by Fife Council.
However, no work has taken place due to spiralling costs and the property has been put up for sale as a nightclub or redevelopment opportunity.
The plans for the flats have been formally withdrawn.
