It's not exactly something you see every day.
A bin fire outside a baked potato shop off the Royal Mile caused a bizarre meltdown, with dripping plastic and scorched spuds oozing onto the pavement.
The aftermath of the blaze on Wednesday was posted on Twitter, with one user saying "the Fringe does strange things to Edinburgh."
Puzzled and disgusted tweeters responded: "Never have tatties looked so disturbing," "Its no a Banksy, its a Binsy" and "Like a scene from Alien."
Another said: "Those must have been very hot potatoes."
The bin is outside The Baked Potato Shop on Cockburn Street.
We've contacted them to try and find out what what caused the meltdown.
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