Fire crews tackling Moray gorse fire

By James Wyllie

May 8 2018, 9:06 pm

May 8 2018, 9:06 pm

Firefighters have been sent to a village on the Moray coast to extinguish a gorse fire.

Four fire engines, a water carrier and an ATV arrived at the scene near Hopeman after 8pm.

A stretch of bushes around 500ft long is ablaze.

Some premises had been evacuated, but residents were allowed to go back inside before 10pm.

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