Fire Brigade Union boss speaks out as West Lothian wildfire continues into fourth day

Fire Brigade Union boss speaks out as West Lothian wildfire continues into fourth day

Fire crews worked all weekend to try and contain the fire with 9 fire appliances and a specialist helicopter deployed to drop water on the burning trees and moorland.

Firefighters hope moorland blaze at Fauldhouse will be extinguished by Wednesday morning

Firefighters hope a moorland blaze at Fauldhouse will finally be extinguished Wednesday morning.  At one point the weekend blaze on open land covered some 40,000 sq metres.  Speaking to a meeting of West Lothian council’s Public and Community Safety PDSP on Tuesday afternoon Group Commander John Bruton of the SFRS told councillors: “We are still in attendance.”  He […] The post Firefighters hope moorland blaze at Fauldhouse will be extinguished …

Firefighters battle large woodland wildfire for fourth day

On Tuesday, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service confirmed three appliances remained at the scene in West Lothian.

Wildfires show Scotland’s communities are on the frontline of the climate crisis, Scottish Greens say

With extreme wildfire warnings across Scotland, and with fire crews battling a wildfire the size of five football pitches near Fauldhouse, Scotland’s communities are being put on the frontline of the climate crisis, say the Scottish Greens. Scottish Green Party MSP Ariane Burgess said: “We aren’t even in the height of our summer yet and we are already seeing our woodlands burning and warnings in place across much of the country. “We should all b…