Police Scotland has declared a major incident over a wildfire that has been burning in the Cairngorms National Park for 11 days, and an entire village has been evacuated as strengthening winds threaten to spread the flames further.
The incident, reported by Climate crisis | The Guardian, comes after a significant change in weather conditions that has made the fire harder to contain. Firefighters and local authorities have urged residents to leave the area as the blaze continues to rage, with the whole of the affected village evacuated to safeguard lives.
The Cairngorms blaze is part of a broader pattern of escalating wildfire activity linked to the climate crisis, echoing similar threats in Europe and across Canada.