Forestry and Land Scotland have released a series of dramatic images showing the extent of damage caused by wildfires after 10 of its own properties were among those hit over the past fortnight.

It also led to renewed calls for members of the public to do more to prevent sparking fires as emergency services find themselves stretched trying to control the devastation.

One incident in the north east of Scotland burned ground vegetation over an area equal to ten times the size of a football pitch and required the deployment of nine SFRS vehicles and over 60 fire fighters for approximately six hours. Continue reading “Dramatic images show wildfire damage amid new calls for public to follow warnings”