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Grass fire breaks out near Arthur's Seat
Emergency crews evacuated the area as smoke spread across Edinburgh and firefighters brought the blaze under control, with no reported casualties.
- A large grass fire broke out in Holyrood Park near Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh on Monday evening, with emergency crews alerted around 6:50pm after receiving multiple calls near the ruins of St Anthony's Chapel.
- The fire erupted amid a sunny spell with temperatures reaching 25°C recorded by the Met Office, conditions that also caused heat exhaustion among Edinburgh Marathon runners over the weekend, echoing last year's multi-day Arthur's Seat blaze during the Fringe Festival.
- Three appliances were mobilised by the SFRS, with police and firefighters in attendance; a spokesperson stated, 'There is no further need to alert our Operations Control to this incident as we have already received a large volume of calls.'
- Residents were advised to keep windows and doors shut as a precautionary measure during firefighting efforts, with the public asked to avoid Holyrood Park; no casualties were recorded despite the fire's scale.
- Arthur's Seat, a popular inner-city hike offering views across Edinburgh's historic New and Old Towns toward the Firth of Forth, now faces renewed scrutiny as Stop Rosebank campaigner Lauren MacDonald told The National, 'it has been devastating to see the impacts of storms and wildfires across Scotland this year.
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Grass fire near Arthur’s Seat sends plume of smoke over Edinburgh
The fire started in an area of vegetation near the ruins of St Anthony’s Chapel.
·London, United Kingdom
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Leaning Left5Leaning Right4Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution36% Left, 36% Center
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- 36% of the sources lean Left, 36% of the sources are Center
36% Center
L 36%
C 36%
R 28%
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