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Residents Return Home as Cairngorms Fire No Longer ‘Immediate Threat’
Police Scotland said the fire is no longer an immediate threat after 10 days of firefighting, and military aerial support was requested.
- On Saturday night, Police Scotland lifted the 'Major Incident' declaration for Nethy Bridge, advising residents they could return home following an extensive multi-agency response to the large wildfire within Cairngorms National Park.
- The wildfire broke out near Glenmore on Wednesday last week and has raged for 11 days across six square kilometres of heather, with more than 500 firefighters working to contain it.
- Emergency services have made 'good progress' tackling the blaze, with 75 firefighters remaining on the ground as of Saturday to maintain a significant operational presence and monitor hot spots.
- Nethy Bridge Community Council leader Sandy McCook criticized government communication, stating too many decisions had been 'taken from Edinburgh,' and previously called the smoke 'apocalyptic.'
- First Minister John Swinney stressed the Scottish Government and emergency services will continue treating the wildfire with 'utmost seriousness' and maintain necessary resources until the last flames are extinguished.
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Residents return home as Cairngorms fire no longer ‘immediate threat’
Police Scotland has lifted the major incident declaration after the fire was brought under control.
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Image source, Peter Jolly ByBenjamin Russell and Katie Hunter People living in the Cairngorms have criticised the handling of a wildfire that has been burning for 10 days. Residents were evacuated on Friday night after a change in weather sparked fears the blaze was moving towards the village of Nethy Bridge and a major incident was declared. But locals said the move came too late, and that the Scottish government had been slow in scaling up t…
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