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BBC News
21-05-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Firefighter photos reveal wildfire damage to Culbin forest
Photographs taken by firefighters reveal damage caused by a wildfire to parts of a large forest on the shores of the Moray Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) was alerted on Monday morning to the blaze in Culbin Forest - an important habitat to wildlife including red squirrels, badgers and of firefighters, supported by a helicopter dropping water, tackled the flames which caused damage and destruction to a large area of pine trees and said two fire engines were still at the scene near Forres. Culbin Forest is an area of woods and farmland on the Moray Firth coast between Nairn, in the Highlands, and Burghead, in wildfire covered an area of about 2,500m (8,202ft) by 2, had urged the public to stay away from the affected area and asked nearby residents to keep windows of their homes closed because of the than 30 firefighters brought the fire under control on incident came during a long dry and warm spell of weather. The SFRS defines wildfires as large, uncontrolled outdoor fires that can exceed 1,000 square metres in and Land Scotland (FLS) manages about eight miles (13km) of Culbin, and a network of paths through FLS spokesperson urged the public not to set fires in the typically happen in places with combustible vegetation that acts as fuel and allows flames to spread rapidly.
BBC News
19-05-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Culbin Forest wild fire prompts plea to public to avoid area
Emergency services are dealing with a wild fire which has broken out in woodland in the north of Scotland said it had received reports of the incident in the Culbin Forest area at about 15:10.A short statement said there were no reports of any injuries as a result of the of the public have been asked to avoid the area between Nairn and Burghead.
