Photographs shared online showed plumes of smoke coming from the landmark on Sunday afternoon. The cause of [the fire](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/wildfires/) is unknown.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service confirmed that it had responded to the alarm at Arthur’s Seat at 4.05pm on Sunday.
A spokesman said: “We have three appliances and specialist services in attendance.”
A Police Scotland spokesman said: “Emergency services are responding to a fire at Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh. Motorists and pedestrians are advised to avoid the area.”
Where are the climate change deniers and bots? Surprised they aren’t here by now.
‘Breaks out’, like the ones in Portugal, California, and Devon. It’s also known as arson.
Or is the beast waking up?
Some pillock probably having a bbq and leaving the thing burning when they finished
I hope there was minimal damage at the seat.
Much further down south, the Wrekin near Telford was also on fire yesterday.
well there you go, there are more than one arthurs seat
I know when I have a curry my seat gets hot.
The best solution is for everyone to procreate more and buy more cars. Then all those people can drive to a summit, put their heads together and figure out how to solve the environmental crisis. /s
Despite the winter rain, there is a lot of dead dry bracken about on most commons. In the past it was burnt in autumn but we stopped doing that because of carbon based pollutants.
Maybe make the 💩🕳️ smell better.
Campers or kids or some careless bbq moron
When I first saw this news, I thought there had been a volcanic eruption in Edinburgh.
People are just the worst. I bet some morons were smoking up there.
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Firefighters are tackling a wildfire at Arthur’s Seat [in Edinburgh](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/edinburgh/).
Photographs shared online showed plumes of smoke coming from the landmark on Sunday afternoon. The cause of [the fire](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/wildfires/) is unknown.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service confirmed that it had responded to the alarm at Arthur’s Seat at 4.05pm on Sunday.
A spokesman said: “We have three appliances and specialist services in attendance.”
A Police Scotland spokesman said: “Emergency services are responding to a fire at Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh. Motorists and pedestrians are advised to avoid the area.”
**Read more:** [**https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/10/wildfire-breaks-out-at-arthurs-seat/**](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/10/wildfire-breaks-out-at-arthurs-seat/)
Where are the climate change deniers and bots? Surprised they aren’t here by now.
‘Breaks out’, like the ones in Portugal, California, and Devon. It’s also known as arson.
Or is the beast waking up?
Some pillock probably having a bbq and leaving the thing burning when they finished
I hope there was minimal damage at the seat.
Much further down south, the Wrekin near Telford was also on fire yesterday.
well there you go, there are more than one arthurs seat
I know when I have a curry my seat gets hot.
The best solution is for everyone to procreate more and buy more cars. Then all those people can drive to a summit, put their heads together and figure out how to solve the environmental crisis. /s
Despite the winter rain, there is a lot of dead dry bracken about on most commons. In the past it was burnt in autumn but we stopped doing that because of carbon based pollutants.
Maybe make the 💩🕳️ smell better.
Campers or kids or some careless bbq moron
When I first saw this news, I thought there had been a volcanic eruption in Edinburgh.
People are just the worst. I bet some morons were smoking up there.
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