Fire crews are currently at the scene. Picture by Chris Sumner / DC Thomson.
Police believe two gorse fires in Cruden Bay were set deliberately.
Fire crews were called to the scene on Aulton Road just after 9pm on Monday, and requested police also attend.
Two crews from Peterhead and one from Ellon tackled the flames.
Two areas, one the area of 100ft by 32ft, and another 330ft by 330ft were ablaze.
Crews extinguished the flames within an hour, and left the scene at about 10.45pm.
Police now now confirmed they are treating the incident as wilful, and are appealing for information.
A police spokeswoman said: “We received a report of a fire in an open space on Aulton Road, Cruden Bay, around 9.40pm on Monday, 19 September, 2022.
“The fire is currently being treated as wilful and inquiries are ongoing.”
Anyone with information should call 101, quoting incident 3348 of September 19, 2022.
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Police treating two gorse bush fires near Cruden Bay as ‘wilful’
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