Scene of the wildfire in the Cairngorms. Pictures by Aviemore Fire Station.
Fire crews from Aviemore, Kingussie, Ballater and Newtonmore battled a 500m high wildfire in the Cairngorms mountains yesterday.
The wildfire took place at around 2.23pm between Loch Morlich and Rothiemurchus burning through farming heather.
A spokeswoman said: “Crews including two pump appliances and a forestry unit attended the scene.
Crews have been busy at a wildfire between Loch Morlich & Rothiemurchus today. Sadly started by a camp fire that had not been properly extinguished. 500m x 200m damaged. Great work by Aviemore, Kingussie & Newtonmore crews supported by @fcscotland could have been much worse! pic.twitter.com/yxkMu7bLZN
— Aviemore Fire Station (@AviemoreFire) July 23, 2018
“The blaze was caused by a camp fire not being properly extinguished.”
After spending over four hours on site, fire crews stepped down at 7.09pm.
