Footage shows fire damage to Edinburgh 'Harry Potter' cafe

New footage shows the extent of damage at to an iconic Edinburgh cafe resulting from a nearby fire.

The alarm was raised on Tuesday by a cleaner at the Elephant House cafe, where JK Rowling wrote sections of her Harry Potter books.

The cafe's owner David Taylor said: "We thought yesterday that we would just have to deal with smoke and water damage but having been allowed a quick look inside today I can see that is not the case and in fact there is a lot of fire damage too."

He added: "To say I'm devastated is an understatement".

It's understood the fire started at a nearby Patisserie Valerie shop. Police have said roads around the area will be shut for the "foreseeable".

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