SFRS issue warning while crews are called to battle two wildfires in Benbecula and Lewis stornowaygazette.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stornowaygazette.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The SFRS has warned that the risk of hill fires is high or extreme over the next few days - this photo was taken at a blaze in the Galloway hills last summer (Photo - SFRS) An ‘extreme’ risk of wildfire is in place across West of Scotland until Friday, the country’s fire and rescue service has warned. Despite freezing temperatures and snow in large parts of the country this week, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) Area Commander Bruce Farquharson has stressed that parts of Scotland’s countryside still remain “vulnerable” to fire. People in West Dunbartonshire who live within or who may enter any rural environments have been warned to exercise caution.